Well, with the help of a local guru I poked and prodded and fiddled with that file, and finally found a space after the \ on the first line of the exclude definition, just as you predicted below, and where you saw a ^M in my e-mail. Removed that, and bingo! all is well.
Many thanks for your assistance; I greatly appreciate it! > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Jobs > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:00 AM > To: Kyle Dallaire > Subject: Re: [htdig] Question re: select fields > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 06:41:22AM -0500, Kyle Dallaire wrote: > > Andreas, thanks so much for your response; it seemed promising! > > but I can't see the ^M when I view either my conf or my search.html > > file. Though I do create both files on a Windows machine, I use > > vi for the conf file, and I checked both files through vi > on the Linux > > box where I am running the search. Possibly the one you are > seeing is > > an artifact of the copy/paste I did for the e-mail? > > Sure, but only at the end of this specific line? > > > Any additional suggestions on how to see that ^M or other fixes for > > this problem? > > My vi allways shows the control characters but here are some ideas: > > vi -b htdtig.conf > > and/or > > :set list > (while inside vi; end of lines are shown as a $ sign. Maybe there is a > space between the \ and the $). > > You may send me your configuration file as attachment. > > Andreas > -- > ! Andreas Jobs Network > Operating Center ! > ! > Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum ! > ! The only way to clean a compromised system is to flatten > and rebuild. ! > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ ht://Dig general mailing list: <htdig-general@lists.sourceforge.net> ht://Dig FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-general
