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| author | Nigel Metheringham <nigel@exim.org> | 2009-10-14 14:48:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Nigel Metheringham <nigel@exim.org> | 2009-10-14 14:48:40 +0000 |
| commit | f3766eb5a200d0deb99dc3f096ced249727940cd (patch) | |
| tree | c2cd6bc893834396868c3c821bd1e4faf6747ad5 /doc | |
| parent | 36f12725ebda2bfd6ed4fe98b0eeaf1ce01f2604 (diff) | |
bool: condition support. fixes: #167
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 8 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 7add7e604..201aefc5d 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.54 2009/10/13 08:46:06 tom Exp $ +. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.55 2009/10/14 14:48:40 nm4 Exp $ . . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is @@ -9732,6 +9732,22 @@ lower case), signifying multiplication by 1024 or 1024*1024, respectively. As a special case, the numerical value of an empty string is taken as zero. +.vitem &*bool&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*& +.cindex "expansion" "boolean parsing" +.cindex "&%bool%& expansion condition" +This condition turns a string holding a true or false representation into +a boolean state. It parses &"true"&, &"false"&, &"yes"& and &"no"& +(case-insensitively); also positive integer numbers map to true if non-zero, +false if zero. Leading whitespace is ignored. +All other string values will result in expansion failure. + +When combined with ACL variables, this expansion condition will let you +make decisions in one place and act on those decisions in another place. +For example, +.code +${if bool{$acl_m_privileged_sender} ... +.endd + .vitem &*crypteq&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*& .cindex "expansion" "encrypted comparison" .cindex "encrypted strings, comparing" diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 944cc6717..e7db60003 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.568 2009/10/14 13:52:48 nm4 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.569 2009/10/14 14:48:41 nm4 Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ NM/17 Changed NOTICE file to remove references to embedded PCRE. NM/18 Bugzilla 894: Fix issue with very long lines including comments in lsearch -NM/18 Bugzilla 745: TLS version reporting +NM/19 Bugzilla 745: TLS version reporting + Patch provided by Phil Pennock + +NM/20 Bugzilla 167: bool: condition support + Patch provided by Phil Pennock Exim version 4.69 |