Re: [Sheflug] SuSE : Spaces in a log-prefix?

[lesleyb <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

chris wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:41 +0100, lesleyb wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I can't seem to get this minor problem sorted out.
> >
> > Using the variable :
> >
> > $LOG_PR1="LAB_TEST_IN "
> >
> > with a filter rule with this action
> >
> > -j LOG --log-prefix $LOG_PR1
> >
> > correctly logs the event but the trailing space gets lost in the log so 
> > that I get
> >
> > LAB_TEST_ININ=eth0
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > LAB_TEST_IN IN=eth0
> >
> > Anyone know the right way to get the desired result?
>
> can you escape the space to make it a hard space?
>
> eg "LAB_TEST_IN\ "
>
> Not sure if this is valid for where you are using it ...
Yep,  I tried escaping it and I got LAB_TEST_IN\IN
which might be considered an improvement but not quite what I was after.
 ;-)

Lesley
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