From 963e9d8e19ee3e0fe5e8ea14ff9f824b75e27de3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:09:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] remove text about the registry being rebuilt for every group, as that is something we will likely fix soon --- docs/scripting.xml | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/scripting.xml b/docs/scripting.xml index 421aedad1..2df187178 100644 --- a/docs/scripting.xml +++ b/docs/scripting.xml @@ -1440,12 +1440,7 @@ try(socket:send(result)) The registry is a normal Lua table. What is special about it is that it is visible by all scripts and it retains its state - between script executions. Nmap does not scan every host - specified on the command line at the same time, it puts them - in smaller groups and these groups are scanned in parallel. The - registry is rebuilt for every group, so information stored - there is only deleted after NSE finishes processing the - current target group. This implies of course that the registry + between script executions. The registry is transient—it is not stored between Nmap executions. Every script can read the registry and write to it. If a script is running after another script, it can read some information in