Hi Peter, On 16/02/12 12:10, Peter Valdemar Mørch wrote: > Here, I'll use /files/etc/default/snmpd/SNMPDOPTS as an example. The > same applies to any shellvars.aug file, I guess: > > The default value of SNMPDOPTS in the file: > SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid' > > How do I set that to be: > SNMPDOPTS="a 'b'" > (that is: doublequote a space singlequote b singlequote doublequote) > ? > > First I set it manually with vi. Then: > augtool> print /files/etc/default/snmpd/SNMPDOPTS > /files/etc/default/snmpd/SNMPDOPTS = "\"a 'b'\"" > > But I've tried a number of things: > > augtool> set files/etc/default/snmpd/SNMPDOPTS "\"a 'b'\"" > Too many arguments. Command set takes only 2 arguments
In Augeas 0.10.0, this will now work: $ augtool -r . augtool> set /files/etc/default/snmpd/SNMPDOPTS "\"a 'b'\"" augtool> print /files/etc/default/snmpd/ /files/etc/default/snmpd /files/etc/default/snmpd/SNMPDOPTS = "\"a 'b'\"" augtool> save Saved 1 file(s) augtool> $ cat etc/default/snmpd SNMPDOPTS="a 'b'" Probably not in previous versions though, see below. > Is it possible to mix'n'match ' and " in config files? It is possible now, but older versions of augtool had poor or non-existent support for it. It improved in 0.10.0, plus a couple of days ago I improved the support again for our next release. The API should fully support nested quotes, it's just the aug_srun/augtool parsing that didn't. > What are the rules of quoting, and what does augtool consider a single > argument The support in the unreleased version is "documented" in these unit tests: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=augeas.git;a=blob;f=tests/run.tests#l300 The support in 0.10.0 is shown here: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=augeas.git;a=blob;f=tests/run.tests;hb=3fb654#l242 Hope that helps. -- Dominic Cleal Red Hat Consulting m: +44 (0)7817 878113 _______________________________________________ augeas-devel mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/augeas-devel
