On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:
> "The string must contain a list of IP addresses, in dotted-quad format
> for IPv4 addresses, or in colon-separated format for IPv6 addresses.
> It is usually easier to change the list separator character instead of
> doubling all the colons in IPv6 addresses"
> So can I say that is is okay to use a colon, semi-colon or comma
> as separator for the list??
>
> local_interfaces = a.b.c.c ; e.f.g.h
> local_interfaces = a.b.c.d : e.f.g.h
> local_interface = a.b.c.d , e.f.g.h
No. You can only use colon by default. But you can change the delimiter
by specifying another one.
> And one last question - what does the < do, as in
> local_interfaces = < : a.b.c.d
That example is invalid. But
local_interfaces = <; a.b.c.d ; c.d.e.f ; ...
is a list where the initial "<;" changes the delimiter from : to ;.
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