#11 Problem detecting quoted values in config files

[Bodo Eggert]

[pid 22511] send(4, "<63>Jul 31 16:32:43 leafnode[22511]: regexp
filter: detail: \"From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@7eggert.dyndns.org>\r\"
=~ /^From: *[0-9]*/ matched", 137, 0) = 137

$ grep -F '[0-9]' /etc/leafnode/filters
pattern = ^From: *"[0-9]*" <[0-9]*>
$

AAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!

--- configutil.c~ 2005-07-31 16:56:07.000000000 +0200
+++ configutil.c 2005-07-31 16:56:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ parse_line(/*@unique@*/ char *l, /*@out@
}

/* read value */
+ if (*p == '"') { mode = quoted; p++; }
for (le = 0 ; le < TOKENSIZE - 1 ; le ++) {
char c = *p++;
if (mode == plain) {
if (c == '#' || c == '\0') { break; }
- if (c == '"') { mode = quoted; continue; }
*value++ = c;
} else if (mode == quoted) {
if (c == '\\') {

[Matthias Andree]

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The filterfile understands quoting, so you can use:

pattern = "^From: *\"[0-9]*\" <[0-9]*>"

Why would I want to require that the quote be the very first
character?

[SourceForge Robot]

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