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Message-ID: <407ef98dab17382fd71471d977cbc232@smtp.hushmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:40:33 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Would supporting ./john --help be a good idea?

On 2012-07-05 21:19, Frank Dittrich wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 09:08 PM, Frank Dittrich wrote:
>> This needs to be changed:
>>
>> options.c:289:	if (argc < 2)
>> options.c-290-		print_usage(name);
>>
>> And this as well:
>>
>> john.c:558:	if (argc < 2)
>> john.c-559-		john_register_all(); /* for printing by opt_init() */
>>
>> But I'd hate to make the same change in two different places.
>> Would a new global variable be OK, a new parameter for opt_init(), or
>> should I make john_register_all known in options.c, and call it inside
>> print_usage()?
> 
> Stupid me.
> What's wrong with deleting those two lines from opt_init(), and adding
> print_usage to  john_init()?

Try that, it sounds good but you never know what hits the fan. If it
seems to work fine, it just might work fine :)

magnum


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