Re: [NSE] Getting a backtrace?

[Kris Katterjohn <katterjohn () gmail com>]

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On 10/24/2008 09:47 AM, Ron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When trying to troubleshoot problems with my scripts, I often get errors 
> such as this:
> SCRIPT ENGINE: /usr/share/nmap/nselib/msrpc.lua:139: bad argument #1 to 
> 'char' (number expected, got nil)
>
> The problem is, the error is happening inside a function that's being 
> called from 100+ places. Is there some way to get more information when 
> there's a failure (the most important being, the backtrace/call 
> stack/whatever)?

Sorry to not answer the question, but this reminds me: what ever happened to
the NSE debugger?  That was nice.  I'm sure it still exists somewhere in
nmap-exp, but is it still planned to eventually be moved to the trunk?

> Thanks!
>
> Ron

Thanks,
Kris Katterjohn

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