Tom Eastep wrote:
> JC Janos wrote:
>> Tom,
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> But I suspect that your requirements could be met by using shell
>>> variables and doing some simple shell scripting in /etc/shorewall/params.
>> I figured that /etc/shorewall/params would be the right place.  I'm
>> not sure which is "better" for me in this case -- SHELL or PERL.
>>
>> I'd guess SHELL is easier, at first, but that PERL is something I';ll
>> likely have the opportunity to use more later in ShoreWall.
> 
> The thing about /etc/shorewall/params is that it is processed natively
> by the shell. So it is basically a shell program that is run to set up
> the ENV for the Shorewall-perl (or Shorewall-shell) compiler.

And the [ BEGIN ] PERL construct isn't available in /etc/shorewall/params.

-Tom
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