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Message-ID: <015701cd592e$5685cf30$03916d90$@net>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:13:01 -0500
From: "jfoug" <jfoug@....net>
To: <john-dev@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: RE: Use of ? in options like --list=format-methods:?, that is mask
-list=list ? or -list=help or -list=? All seem fine. Also, there is no
need to have just one. If you document -list=help, the others should
still be allowed to work.
I think
>From: Frank Dittrich [mailto:frank_dittrich@...mail.com]
>
>Jim reported a similar problem for --list=? under Windows some time ago.
>
>So, may be we should use --list=help instead of --list=?.
>Or. may be, show all possible values when using ./john --list (without
>values)
>
>Now that jumbo-5 got released with --list=?, we need to support it a
>little longer, but we don't need to actively advertising it in the usage
>screen.
Agreed. No reason to 'ever' not support it. Just do not advertise.
>Instead of --list=format-methods:?, I would vote for a new option name -
>-list=method-names or something similar.
-list=help
-list=help:method-names
-list=help:other-specialized-listing
...
Jim.
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