-- Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hey all. I don't know how many people are lurking here, since the
> list seems to be very light traffic (the lightest of 8 I sub to), but
> I have a question regarding PerlSetVar and strings.
>
> Here is what I'm trying to do:
> In httpd.conf:
> <Location /MyHandler>
> . . .
> PerlSetVar MailMsg "Access Report \
> This is a mail message spanning several \
> lines that I would like to mail to a \
> particular address when the handler is \
> invoked. \
> Unfortunately, it all winds up on one line and \
> any \n included do not get translated."
> </Location>
>
> And in my module, I am successfully sending this message to the email
> address, but it arrives looking like this:
>
> Access Report This is a mail message spanning several
> lines that I would like to mail to a particular address when the
> handler is invoked. Unfortunately, it all winds up on
> one line and any \n included do not get translated."
>
> And the darn thing is all on one line. '\n' is not translated, etc.
> It looks like the string is proveded as if enclosed in single quotes.
> Which is bad.
Quick hack for the moment:
PerlSetVar Blah "A long line with<br>HTML<br>Breaks In It";
that or set the thing and use:
s/<br>/\n/gs;
somewhere in the code.
--
Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer
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