Data directory search order
NSE will automatically attempt to retrieve data files from different sources, and the order of this search determines which files will be used when more than one data file source is available.
NSE will attempt to find the data files in the following order:
- The script argument,
--data-dir(if set) - The environment variable,
NMAPDIR - The
~/.nmapdirectory of the running user (only on non-Windows systems) - The installation directory
- The installation directory with
../share/nmapappended (only on non-Windows systems) - The location defined at compile time
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