Re: [Cfengine] Re: cfexecd mail

[Bas van der Vlies]

Andrew Stribblehill wrote:

> Quoting Bas van der Vlies <basv@sara.nl> (2003-07-30 10:34:53 BST):
>
> > Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Quoting Bas van der Vlies <basv@sara.nl> (2003-07-29 14:49:53 BST):
> > >
> > >
> > > > Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I was wondering ... wouldn't it be better if cfagent -z was an
> > > > > interactive command which, when given a variable name would return
> > > > > its value (possibly prefixed by the number of characters it was
> > > > > sending, for ease of parsing). This way, only Cfexecd needs to be
> > > > > changed to do something like this.
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, if you choose not to go for this (and I'm willing to code the
> > > > > generic interface) I added some cruft at around cfexecd.c:432 which
> > > > > copes with old cfagents who didn't send EmailMaxLines. Since you're
> > > > > in the area, I'd be obliged if you removed the compatibility code if
> > > > > it's not too much bother.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry but i do not understand it. Do you mean:
> > > > # cfagent -z sysadm
> > > > 12:basv@sara.nl
> > > >
> > > > # cfagent -z smtpfrom
> > > > 16:cfengine@sara.nl
> > >
> > >
> > > Almost.
> > >
> > > # cfagent -z <<eof
> > > sysadm
> > > smtpfrom
> > > undefinedVariable
> > > emptyVariable
> > > eof
> > > sysadm=12:basv@sara.nl
> > > smtpfrom=20:cfengine@sara.nl
> > > undefinedVariable=-1:
> > > emptyVariable=0:
> > >
> > > How does that strike you?
> >
> > Should we not use the same syntax for turning on/off actions
> >  cfagent -z sysadm, smptfrom, ....
> >
> > It is easier to understand which variables we ask and we get back.
> > For me it make sense and there is a mechanism to query the cfagent
> > variables.
>
>
> Yes, that's nicer, I agree. Currently we use ':' as the standard
> separator don't we? So would 'cfagent -z foo:bar:baz -z quux -zbongo'
> be okay (as a bizarre way) to ask for foo, bar, baz, quux and bongo?
No the separator is ','. From the docs cfagent -j copy,tidy ;-)
cfagent -x boo,bar,baz -z quux -zbongo is one bizarre way to ask
for some variables.

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