Re: [PATCH] Don't require ".nse" be passed to --script

[Diman Todorov <diman.todorov () univie ac at>]

On Nov 16, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Kris Katterjohn wrote:

> Hey everyone!
>
> I've attached a patch to allow passing only the script name, the  
> filename without the ".nse" extension, to --script.
>
> I've been running multiple scripts, in different categories, and  
> I've had to keep repetitively typing ".nse" on every filename...  
> which I didn't like :)
>
> An example:
>
> --script bruteTelnet.nse,HTTPpasswd.nse,SQLInject.nse,robots.nse
>
> turns into
>
> --script bruteTelnet,HTTPpasswd,SQLInject,robots
>
> Not an *incredibly* dramatic difference, but I much prefer it :)
>
> And sometimes it seems a whole lot better when it's only 1 or 2  
> scripts.
>
> All it does is try the passed argument (like "bruteTelnet"), and if  
> it doesn't find that file it tries it with ".nse" appended to it,  
> which it will find here.
>
> Please let me know what you think!

I am not sure, the idea may have its merits. What do others think?

The only problem I am seeing is that this patch is a bit on the ugly  
side. I don't think that goto and that retried boolean are really  
necessary :)

cheers,
Diman

_______________________________________________
Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list
http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev
Archived at http://SecLists.Org