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diff --git a/debian/htdig/htdig-3.2.0b6/htdoc/cf_variables.html b/debian/htdig/htdig-3.2.0b6/htdoc/cf_variables.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..678c12c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/htdig/htdig-3.2.0b6/htdoc/cf_variables.html @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> +<html> + <head> + <title> + ht://Dig: Configuration file format -- Variable Expansion + </title> + </head> + <body bgcolor="#eef7ff"> + <h1> + Configuration file format -- Variable Expansion + </h1> + <p> + ht://Dig Copyright © 1995-2004 <a href="THANKS.html">The ht://Dig Group</a><br> + Please see the file <a href="COPYING">COPYING</a> for + license information. + </p> + <hr size="4" noshade> + <p> + Attribute values can contain + references to other attributes. This is done similarly to how + Perl, Bourne shell, and Makefiles use variables. The variables + that are referenced will be expanded when the variable is used, + not when it is defined. This means that attributes don't have + to be defined in the order that they are used. + </p> + <p> + Example attribute reference in an attribute value: + </p> + <blockquote> + database_base: ${database_dir}/htdig + </blockquote> + <p> + or + </p> + <blockquote> + database_base: $database_dir/htdig + </blockquote> + <p> + Many default values use the attribute expansion mechanism to + make configuration easier and more generic. + </p> + <p> + In addition to variable expansion, it is also possible to + include the contents of a file as the value of an attribute. + This is done by putting the filename in backquotes (`). + Within the backquotes, variable expansion will still work so + that files can be specified relative to some path. The + backquotes and the filename will be replaced by the contents + of the file if it exists. All whitespace (spaces, tabs, + newlines, etc) in the file are condensed to one space before + the substitution takes place. The following are some examples + of the use of the backquoting scheme: + </p> + <blockquote> + <table> + <tr> + <td nowrap> + start_url: `${common_dir}/starting_points`<br> + limit_urls_to: `${common_dir}/limit_list` + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </blockquote> + <hr size="4" noshade> + + Last modified: $Date: 2004/05/28 13:15:18 $ + + </body> +</html> |