On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Pavel Levshin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I am unable to reproduce this behaviour with global variables. This is >> what I've tried among others: >> >> if $/zz % 3 == 0 or $/zz % 3 == 1 then { >> set $/zz = $/zz + 1; >> action(...) >> } else { >> set $/zz = 0; >> action(...) >> } >> >> Could you please explain how is it supposed to work? >> > > It's supposed to work just as you describe it. But indeed, it doesn't do > so, I can reproduce the problem. Looks like a regression. Thanks for > reporting, will now look into it. > OK, looks like I stumbled into my own trap. In script, you access properties via $<propname>. Global variables have the name $/zz (with zz being the real name). So to access them, you need to access $$/zz. I think I got confused about this some time ago, and the doc is also not correct or at least inconsistent. I now need to work my way through that mess. Just thought I give you some explanation. Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
