Stephen Gran wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:48:05AM +0100, Bob Johannessen said:
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> environment =AUTH=$authenticated_id \
>> :SUBJECT=$header_subject: \
>> :TO=$header_to:
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Is it possible to get all the contents of the Subject: header field
>>into the SUBJECT environment variable even if it contains a colon?
>
> Use a different field delimiter in your statement, e.g., < ;
>
> See 6.15 in the spec.
Using a different field delimiter just moves the problem, but reading
6.15 held the solution: "If a colon is actually needed in an item in
a list, it must be entered as two colons.". So:
:SUBJECT=${sg{$header_subject:}{:}{::}}
seems to do the trick. Thanks for the pointer :-)
Bob
