###  SUB validate_command_line_args  ###  DOES: perform various sanity
+ checks on command line argume
+nts  #############
sub validate_command_line_args {
    my ($name,$prompt,$configf,$quiet,$outf,$debug,$batchsize,$proto,$
+tacacs,$verbose,$header,$maild
+st,$path) = @{ $_[0] };

...

    if ( $batchsize > 30 ){ 
        warn("$0:WARNING: More than 25 simultanous connections are NOT
+ allowed!\nReducing Max_Connec
+tions to 25.\n"); 
        $batchsize=25;
    }elsif ( $batchsize < 0 ){
        warn("$0:WARNING: Negative Max_Connections are not permitted, 
+forking has been disabled.\n")
+;
        $batchsize = 0;
    }
}

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The $batchsize variable is lexically scoped to this subroutine so changing its value will have no effect on anything outside this subroutine.

In reply to Re^5: RFC: beginner level script improvement by jwkrahn
in thread RFC: beginner level script improvement by georgecarlin

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