[Ferm] How to do things without global variables

[Marc Haber]

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:39:59AM +0100, Kiss Gabor (Bitman) wrote:
> > if ferm would have global variables, I'd want to write this:
> > 
> > (file globalvars)
> > @def $client_networks="";
> 
> > (file int104)
> > @def $client_networks=($client_networks 10.1.104.0/24);
> 
> > (file int108)
> > @def $client_networks=($client_networks 10.1.108.0/24);
> 
> > (file client-networks)
> > saddr $client_networks subchain {
> >   (long list of client rules snipped)
> > }
> 
> 1. How these files are related each to other and to ferm.conf?

They are all in a ferm.conf.d, and ferm.conf has
@include 'ferm.conf.d/';

Sorry for not mentioning that.

> 2. Man page writes:
> Include files are special - variables declared in an included file are
> still available in the calling block. This is useful when you include a
> file which only declares variables.

I have read that, but that doesn't seem to be true here.

> Do you use @include at all?

Of course.

Greetings
Marc

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