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-.option set routers string unset
+.option set routers "string list" unset
.cindex router variables
-This option may be used multiple times on a router.
-Each string given must be of the form $"name = value"$
+This option may be used multiple times on a router;
+because of this the list aspect is mostly irrelevant.
+The list separator is a colon but can be changed in the
+usual way.
+
+Each list-element given must be of the form $"name = value"$
and the names used must start with the string &"r_"&.
-Strings are accumulated for each router which is run.
+Values containing colons should either have them doubled, or
+the entire list should be prefixed with a list-separator change.
When a router runs, the strings are evaluated in order,
-to create variables.
+to create variables which are added to the set associated with
+the address.
The variable is set with the expansion of the value.
The variables can be used by the router options
(not including any preconditions)