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From: procmail-bounces(_at_)lists(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE
[mailto:procmail-bounces(_at_)lists(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE]On Behalf Of
Jim Osborn
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:22 PM
To: procmail(_at_)lists(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE
Subject: Can variables be nested?
I'd like to assemble sets of ORed words, which I have assigned to
variables, into yet other sets of variables. That is, I end up
with variables containing other variables. So far, I haven't been
able to get procmail to recognize the nested vars.
Jim,
Although not completely general, I think you can add extra $'s to
the line where you want variables to be successively expanded.
For example,
LOGFILE=$HOME/p.log
NL="
"
DEFAULT=|
SENDMAIL=""
VERBOSE=yes
V1='c${A}t'
A='a'
### Note the double $-signs below, forcing re-evaluation.
:0
* $$ B ?? "$V1"
match.mbox
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produces the following log (with "cat" in the message body):
procmail: Assigning "V1=c${A}t"
procmail: Assigning "A=a"
procmail: Match on "cat"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=match.mbox"
procmail: Opening "match.mbox"
procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
From gary(_at_)intrepid(_dot_)com Sat May 22 11:45:17 2004
Subject: test message
Folder: match.mbox
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