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On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 15:56 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On 22:49 Thu 25 Oct , Roy Marples wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:31 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > > Is there any way we could avoid these altogether, and instead use |
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> > > separate variables for each array element? |
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> > Well, we could prefix with numbers |
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> > array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; |
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> > \* |
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> > 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 |
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> > -I 'option; $FOO with spaces'" |
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> > |
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> > Would become |
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> > 0_config_eth0="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8;" |
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> > 1_config_eth0="\*" |
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> > 2_config_eth0="'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4" |
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> > 3_config_eth0="-I 'option; $FOO with spaces'" |
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> I was hoping for some sort of meaningfully named separate variables, not |
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> an even messier fake array. |
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I'm all ears for any other suggestions :) |
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BTW, my example fails as shell does not allow numbers to prefix variable |
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names. Would have to be something like a0_ a1_ |
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Thanks |
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Roy |
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