From: ianmdlvl <ianmdlvl>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:12:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Line breaking.
X-Git-Tag: debian_version_2_2_0~33
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?p=chiark-utils.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=574e0861ea27316499473f567e15e5ddf82d5b0f

Line breaking.
---

diff --git a/scripts/named-conf b/scripts/named-conf
index a6d7df8..694ab94 100755
--- a/scripts/named-conf
+++ b/scripts/named-conf
@@ -117,13 +117,17 @@ sub read_config ($) {
     local ($_);
 
     $fh= new IO::File $if,'r' or cfg_fail("open $if:\n $!");
+    $before= '';
     for (;;) {
 	if (!defined($_= <$fh>)) {
 	    cfg_fail("read config file $if:\n $!") if $fh->error();
 	    last;
 	}
-	$where= "$if:$.";
 	s/^\s+//; chomp; s/\s+$//;
+	if (m/\\$/) { $before.= $_; next; }
+	$_= $before.$_;
+	$before= '';
+	$where= "$if:$.";
 	next if m/^\#/;
 	last if m/^end$/;
 	next unless m/\S/;
diff --git a/scripts/named-conf.8 b/scripts/named-conf.8
index d4639f2..6e80aec 100644
--- a/scripts/named-conf.8
+++ b/scripts/named-conf.8
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ option) contains a sequence of directives, one per line.  Blank lines
 are permitted.  Leading and trailing whitespace on each line is
 ignored.  Comments are lines starting with
 .BR # .
+Ending a line with a
+.BR \\
+joins it to the next line, so that long directives can be split across
+several physical lines.
 .SS GENERAL DIRECTIVES
 These directives specify general configuration details.  They should
 appear before directives specifying zones, as each will affect only