sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapInstallationException

something appears to be wrong with the file '%s' ('%s'). Ple

Error message

something appears to be wrong with the file '%s' ('%s'). Please make sure that you haven't made any changes to it

What it means

Error "something appears to be wrong with the file '%s' ('%s'). Please make sure that you haven't made any changes to it" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/wordlist.py:58

    def __iter__(self):
        return self

    def adjust(self):
        self.closeFP()
        if self.index > len(self.filenames):
            return  # Note: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30217723 (PEP 479)
        elif self.index == len(self.filenames):
            self.iter = iter(self.custom)
        else:
            self.current = self.filenames[self.index]
            if isZipFile(self.current):
                try:
                    self.zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(self.current, 'r')
                except zipfile.error as ex:
                    errMsg = "something appears to be wrong with "
                    errMsg += "the file '%s' ('%s'). Please make " % (self.current, getSafeExString(ex))
                    errMsg += "sure that you haven't made any changes to it"
                    raise SqlmapInstallationException(errMsg)
                if len(self.zip_file.namelist()) == 0:
                    errMsg = "no file(s) inside '%s'" % self.current
                    raise SqlmapDataException(errMsg)
                self.fp = self.zip_file.open(self.zip_file.namelist()[0])
            else:
                self.fp = open(self.current, "rb")
            self.iter = iter(self.fp)

        self.index += 1

    def closeFP(self):
        if self.fp:
            self.fp.close()
            self.fp = None

        if self.zip_file:
            self.zip_file.close()
            self.zip_file = None

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/wordlist.py:58 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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