Re: Support for calling scripts without the full argument name

[Paulino Calderon <paulino () calderonpale com>]

On 07/26/2011 11:09 PM, Kris Katterjohn wrote:
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> On 07/26/2011 11:46 PM, Paulino Calderon wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I've added support for setting arguments without the full script name. Ex.
> >
> > Before:
> > nmap --script http-trace http-trace.path=/path/<host>
> >
> > Now:
> > nmap --script http-trace path=/path/<host>
> >
> >      
> Wow.  I know I've been way too busy to play with Nmap recently, but why did
> this support ever go away?  Or is this only to just now add it for all scripts?
>
> Removing support for this (or just keeping it out) was brought up on several
> occasions by multiple developers in the past and I had to vehemently fight for
> it to stay[1].  I've had a little loop I use in some of my scripts (which was
> copied to some others) which has always provided this same functionality for
> them (obviously before this standard script arg function came along).
>
> Cheers,
> Kris Katterjohn
>
> [1] http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2010/q2/110
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It didn't go away, it just got incorporated to the standard call:

local arg = stdnse.get_script_args(SCRIPT_NAME..".argument")

Now developers don't need to do workarounds (like you did in your 
scripts) to support this "alias".

Cheers.

--
Paulino Calderón Pale
Web: http://calderonpale.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/paulinocaIderon

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