Re: Args run together in pmie actions

[Martin Hicks <mort@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 08:47:19PM +0000, Ken McDonell wrote:
> This is not a bug, it is designed to work that way ... 8^)>
> 
> The %i %v and %h substitution occurs in buidling the string and the
> action is fired once.
> 
> If you rewrite the rule thusly, all will be well ...
> 
> ... -> syslog "there is a load" " [%i] %v";

Thanks guys.  So "shell" actions just have to iterate through multiple
args and figure out how many instances are true...

That's no big deal, just not the way I thought it worked.

Thanks
mh

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