On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Jan-Oliver Wagner <jan-oliver.wag...@intevation.de> wrote: > Hi Stjepan, > > On Montag, 15. Dezember 2008, Stjepan Gros wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Jan-Oliver Wagner >> > Wouldn't another solution option be to reorganize the caching as such >> > to be based on OIDs instead of names? >> >> That is the idea. The problem is that plugins themselves, as source >> files, are stored in files with descriptive names. Now, when you know >> the name of the plugin on a disk, you don't know it's OID until you >> read and parse it. >> >> For easier understanding I'll describe this process now, and how it is >> planned to be implemented, on a plugin named plugin.nasl with an OID >> 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 >>... >> >> Did I better explain the problem? > > yes, that helped me to make up my mind: > > It is probably best to have the cachedir be a 1:1 mirror of the > plugindir: > > $PLUGINDIR/script.nasl > is cached to > $CACHEDIR/script.desc > > and in the future: > > $PLUGINDIR/script.nasl > $PLUGINDIR/myfamily/script2.nasl > to > $CACHEDIR/script.desc > $CACHEDIR/myfamily/script2.nasl > > The background idea is to not invent a second organizational structure, > but rather use the same one.
Ok, I'll use that one then. Probably I'll start coding over the weekend so I'll have the first patch available next week. SG _______________________________________________ Openvas-devel mailing list Openvas-devel@wald.intevation.org http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel
