Re: [exim] shell commands in exim.conf macros?

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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.



inconvenient, but eminently doable.

thx 4 the clarification!

cheers,

richard

i guess my option is to create a preprocessor file -- e.g. m4/perl -- and do whatever expansion i need/want there.

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