From fdac9750a1ff63fbc3e967e58767fd9c6c861f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: david <david@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:17:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] No longer require the "description" field in scripts.

This is so I don't have to do
  description = ""
when writing test scripts.
---
 nse_main.lua | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nse_main.lua b/nse_main.lua
index f07e77d3e..62b6b1d32 100644
--- a/nse_main.lua
+++ b/nse_main.lua
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ do
   end
 
   local required_fields = {
-    description = "string",
     action = "function",
     categories = "table",
     dependencies = "table",
@@ -1052,7 +1051,9 @@ local function script_help_normal(chosen_scripts)
     log_write_raw("stdout", format("%s\n", script.id));
     log_write_raw("stdout", format("Categories: %s\n", concat(script.categories, " ")));
     log_write_raw("stdout", format("%s\n", nsedoc_url(script.id)));
-    log_write_raw("stdout", format_nsedoc(script.description, "  "));
+    if script.description then
+      log_write_raw("stdout", format_nsedoc(script.description, "  "));
+    end
   end
 end
 
@@ -1085,10 +1086,12 @@ local function script_help_xml(chosen_scripts)
     cnse.xml_end_tag();
     cnse.xml_newline();
 
-    cnse.xml_start_tag("description");
-    cnse.xml_write_escaped(script.description);
-    cnse.xml_end_tag();
-    cnse.xml_newline();
+    if script.description then
+      cnse.xml_start_tag("description");
+      cnse.xml_write_escaped(script.description);
+      cnse.xml_end_tag();
+      cnse.xml_newline();
+    end
 
     -- script
     cnse.xml_end_tag();