Re: Feature request: Ability to parse files with a custom parser

[Knut Auvor Grythe]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 12:25:45PM +1100, Tim Nelson wrote:
>> What we would like to see, is an option in copy for using a custom parser,
>> like so:
>>
>> copy:
>>   all::
>>       /path/to/sshd_config.m4
>>           dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config
>>           parsecmd=/local/admin/bin/m4wrap
> 
>       Actually, it looks like the "deployment" section of cfperl (Ted 
> Zlatanov's project) does this too.  Have a look in the cfperl manual.

Thanks for the tip, that seems like pretty much what we want. However I
don't think we would deploy cfperl just to use this feature, the extra
complexity would pretty much cancel the effect. But I'll keep the
product in mind if we encounter other problems :-)

-- 
Knut Auvor Grythe
ITEA Systemdrift