[hobbit] hobbit-alerts question

[Larry Barber]

That doesn't work, it prevents the string, HOST=%"^pan$" or HOST="%^pan$"
both prevent 'pan' from being matched.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On 5/17/07, Gore, David W (David) <david.gore at verizonbusiness.com> wrote:
>
>  As it has been pointed out before somethings require double quotes ".  If
> that works, then this would be one of those cases.  All our regexes are
> typically in double quotes.
>
>
> David
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Larry Barber [mailto:lebarber at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2007 18:34
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] hobbit-alerts question
>
> That's what I think.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
> On 5/17/07, Steve Holmes <sholmes42 at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hang on there! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the point is that
> > the $ should anchor the end of the string and it should never match pandora.
> > Right?
> > Steve.
> >
> >
> > On 5/17/07, Rick Ridgeway <ridgeway at nyroc.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > HOST=%^pan$
> > > or
> > > HOST=pan
> > >
> > >
> > > Hope that helps
> > >
> > >
> > > Larry Barber wrote:
> > > > I am having a problem with alerts going to the wrong people. I have
> > > a
> > > > line in hobbit-alerts.cfg:
> > > >
> > > > HOST=%pan$
> > > >
> > > > (this is just for demo and test purposes, I know that particular
> > > entry
> > > > doesn't make a lot of sense ) The problem is that this line is
> > > matching
> > > > with a host name "pandora". Is there any way to stop this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Larry Barber
> > >
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