[hobbit] bb-hosts include format

Galen Johnson gjohnson at trantor.org
Sun May 6 02:56:31 CEST 2007


Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:33:51PM -0400, Galen Johnson wrote:
>   
>> What is the format for the bb-hosts include directive?  
>>     
>
>   include FILENAME
> or
>   directory DIRNAME
>
> The latter reads all files in the directory, except
> - files beginning with a dot .
> - files ending with a tilde ~
> - files ending with ",v"
>
> The filenames in DIRNAME are sorted alphabetically before being read.
>
>   
>> I know you can use the full path...where would a relative filename be 
>> relative from? 
>>     
>
> It's relative to the directory where the original file was located.
>
>   
>> Can it handle variables like $BBHOME?
>>     
>
> No.
>
>
>   
>> I need to know in order to make the notes script follow the 
>> definitions. (assuming the dispinclude and netinclude follow the 
>> same principle)
>>     
>
> You could take a shortcut, and instead of reading FILENAME directly, 
> you'd just read the output from "bbhostshow FILENAME". That takes care
> of the include+directory handling.
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
>   

Man, that "shortcut" saved me an hour or so...I was able to add 1 line 
and change another to make it get the info...you rock, Henrik.

=G=




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