Re: Deletion of obsolete script files before installation

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:51:57AM -0800, Corey Chandler wrote:
> David Fifield wrote:
> > So instead of deleting the entire directory, I made a list of specific
> > script names that will be deleted before installing new scripts. This
> > reduces the chance that someone's custom script will be deleted. I made
> > the list by installing Nmap 4.76 and comparing its script names with
> > what we have now.
>
> Not sure how much of a pain in the arse it would be, but could we  
> potentially have the script matching logic verify checksums before  
> deletion?  That way if someone changed a script but kept the name, we  
> won't blow out their work.

I don't think it's worth it. Those scripts were being overwritten on
each installation before they were renamed anyway.

David Fifield
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