redefining a variable

redefining a variable

[Matt Zagrabelny]

Greetings,

I would like to be able to redefine variables in nft.

Would you folks consider a switch or a new keyword to achieve something like:

define ints = eth0

define --redefine-ok ints = { $ints, eth1 }

define_or_redefine ints = { $ints, eth2 }

?

Thanks for your help and support.

-m

Re: redefining a variable

[Florian Westphal]

Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I would like to be able to redefine variables in nft.
> 
> Would you folks consider a switch or a new keyword to achieve something like:
> 
> define ints = eth0
> 
> define --redefine-ok ints = { $ints, eth1 }
> 
> define_or_redefine ints = { $ints, eth2 }
> 
> Thanks for your help and support.

nft has undefine & redefine keywords.

Re: redefining a variable

[Matt Zagrabelny]

Hey Florian,

Thanks for the reply!

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 5:04 AM Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> wrote:
>
> Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I would like to be able to redefine variables in nft.
> >
> > Would you folks consider a switch or a new keyword to achieve something like:
> >
> > define ints = eth0
> >
> > define --redefine-ok ints = { $ints, eth1 }
> >
> > define_or_redefine ints = { $ints, eth2 }
> >
> > Thanks for your help and support.
>
> nft has undefine & redefine keywords.

That's perfect. Perhaps add a snippet to the man page?

Thanks again for the reply and help!

-m