Syntax:
wrapsource -f "program"
Examples:
wrapsource "myexe" wrapsource "myexe -n 3 -o outfile < in.script" wrapsource "ls *" wrapsource -f "wc %s" wrapsource -f "myexe -n 3 -o outfile < %s"
Description:
Wrapsource is a PHISH minnow that can be used in a PHISH program. In PHISH lingo, a "minnow" is a stand-alone application which makes calls to the PHISH library to exchange data with other PHISH minnows.
The wrapsource minnow is used to wrap a non-PHISH application so that the lines it writes to stdout can be sent as datums to other PHISH minnows. It is a mechanism for using non-PHISH applications as minnows in a PHISH net.
Ports:
The wrapsource minnow uses one input port 0 if the -f flag is specified, otherwise it uses no input ports. It uses one output port 0 to send datums.
Operation:
The wrapsource minnow has two modes of operation, depending on whether the -f flag is specified. In either case, the program argument is treated as a string that is executed as a command by the shell.
As in the examples above program can be an executable program name or a shell command. It can include flags or redirection operators. If the string contains spaces, it should be enclosed in quotes in the PHISH input script so that it is treated as a single argument when the script is read by the bait.py tool.
If no -f flag is specified, the wrapsouce minnow launches a single instance of the program command and reads the output it writes to stdout a line at a time.
If the -f flag is specified, the wrapsouce minnow calls the phish_loop function. Each time an input datum is received, its single string field is inserted in the program string, as a replacement for a "%s" that it is presumed to contain. This can be used, for example, to substitute a filename into the program string. The wrapsource minnow then launches the modified program command and reads the output it generates. When the program exits, control returns to phish_loop, and a new datum can be received. Thus over time, the wrapsource minnow may launch many instances of program.
Each time a line of output is read from the running program the wrapsource minnow sends it as a string (without the trailing newline) to its output port 0.
If no -f flag is specified, the wrapsource minnow calls phish_exit after the launched program exits. If -f is specified, the wrapsource minnow shuts down when its input port is closed by receiving a sufficient number of "done" messages.
Data:
If the -f flag is specified, the count minnow must receive single field datums of type PHISH_STRING. It sends single-field datums of type PHISH_STRING.
Restrictions:
The C++ version of the wrapsouce minnow allocates a buffer of size MAXLINE = 1024 bytes for reading lines of output written to stdout by the wrapped program. This can be changed (by editing minnow/wrapsource.cpp) if longer lines are needed.
Related minnows: