[Dnsmasq-discuss] Variables inside config

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Oct 23 20:59:58 BST 2012


On 23/10/12 10:15, Michael Strelnikov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>     Can I define a variable in the top of dnsmasq.conf and use
> it throughout config?
>
Not directly. You can make dnsmasq read it's configuration from stdin, 
which makes it theoretically possible to use something like m4 to 
pre-process the config.

m4 /etc/dnsmasq.conf | dnsmasq --conf-file=-

Cheers,

Simon.



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