On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Patrick Salsbury wrote:
Never did get an answer to this one. Any ideas, anyone?
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 17:41:13 -0700 From: Patrick Salsbury salsbury@sculptors.com To: Dan Craioveanu dancr@bratca.com cc: SmartList Discussion List SmartList@informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: footer.txt - Can it do variable interpolation?
This is a similar, but different issue to the one below. I've looked through the FAQ, and the archives of the list that I've still got around (400+ messages), but don't see an answer:
Is there a way of interpolating variables within the header.txt or footer.txt files, so that I could use a generic footer.txt for numerous lists?
So the file may say:
To unsubscribe, mail to '$list@$domain' with subject 'unsubscribe'
And I'd like $list and $domain to be expanded out per list. (I run about 2 dozen lists, so it'd be nice to just use one file.)
Has anyone done this?
FAQ #2.11 seems like something in the right direction. Would I have to build the file out of rc.local.s20 every time there was a submission, though? That seems wasteful.
Well filtering and generating things on the fly is kind of how the whole thing works. FAQ #8.10 is a closer variation of what you want.
Otherwise you need to create a static file with the correct listname. Perhaps adding a sed script to createlist that will make a static footer.txt which includes '$list@$domain' when you create a new list?
Just a thought,
--Paul T.
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