Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG_COMMAND

[Jorge Almeida]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:09:47 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote:
>
>> The API is not documented. I _assumed_ that the
>> program /path/to/logprocessor reads logs from STDIN and does whatever
>> it wants with them.
>
> The URL you gave states that is not the case. The name of the logfile is
> passed as a variable, it is up to your program to read the logfile and do
> whatever it wants with the contents.
>
Well, it doesn't really state it. I can make it work now, but only without
escaping backslash ('${... instead of '\${...). Maybe it is assumed that the
program is a shell script? Moreover, the variables can be passed as arguments,
not necessarily as options. All obvious once you know it, of course.

Thank you

J.A.