hi ted/tony,
>> is it possible to expand a shell command in an exim.conf macro
>>
>> but this, with the "dig" cmd
>> MY_HOSTNAME = mybox.mydomain.com
>> MY_DNS = 10.0.0.6
>> MY_IP = `dig +short @MY_DNS MY_HOSTNAME`
>> local_interfaces = MY_IP : 127.0.0.1 : ::::1
> If you are putting the macro in
> something that uses string expantion and that allows that use of the the ${run
> string expantion, then go look at:
>
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec_11.html#IX853
...
> No, only via string expansion.
>
> However, local_interfaces is not expanded
well, rats.
i guess my option is to create a preprocessor file -- e.g. m4/perl -- and do
whatever expansion i need/want there.
inconvenient, but eminently doable.
thx 4 the clarification!
cheers,
richard
