v0.4.16: Version bump & move to a stream object with .spawn()

lib/classes/tools.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 const async = require('async');
 const merge = require('deepmerge');
 const caller = require('stack-trace');
-const proc = require('child_process').exec;
+const proc = require('child_process').spawn;
 const emitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 const network = require('./networking.js');
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class tools extends emitter {
 
       if (Array.isArray(value)) {
         return this.flatten(value, obj);
-      } else {
+      }
+      else {
         result.push(value);
       }
     }
@@ -102,28 +103,39 @@ class tools extends emitter {
 
     Object.keys(opts.range).forEach(function blocks(block) {
 
+      // Acquire an array of ranges
       const range = opts.range[block];
+
+      // Create a new function for each range block
       funcs[range] = function block(callback) {
+        const report = [];
+
+
+        // Capture the flags, & ranges as a command string
         cmd = scope.command(opts, range);
 
+        // Split up cmd for .spawn()
+        const obj = cmd.split(" ");
+        cmd = obj[0];
+        const args = obj.slice(1);
+
         if (opts.verbose)
           console.log(`Running: ${cmd}`);
 
-        const report = [];
-
-        const execute = proc(cmd, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
-          if (err)
-            return reporting.reports(opts, err, callback);
-        });
+        // Push it on to the heap
+        const execute = proc(cmd, args);
 
+        // Discard stderr for now, maybe log?
         execute.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
           /* Silently discard stderr messages to not interupt scans */
         });
 
+        // Push to array of reports
         execute.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
           report.push(chunk);
         });
 
+        // Push report array to reporting function on stream end
         execute.stdout.on('end', () => {
           if (report.length > 0)
             return reporting.reports(opts, report, callback);

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libnmap",
-  "version": "v0.4.15",
+  "version": "v0.4.16",
   "description": "libnmap for node.js",
   "author": "Jason Gerfen <jason.gerfen@gmail.com>",
   "keywords": [