Re^2: using env vars in Log::Dispatch::Config config files

I am not sure what you mean?

The data is stored in a config file. I could override this in my perl to over write the values in Log::Dispatch::Config->instance()->{'outputs'}->{'file'}->{'filename'} but this defeats the point of using the file. The intention is to allow users to edit the logger.conf file to change settings rather than having them hard coded.

I am looking for a method of telling the log::dispatch::Config to use the env var to set the filename. I was hoping that the value read back from the file would be expanded when read and take the value of $HOST but instead the string is returned and I create a file called $host.log.

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Re^3: using env vars in Log::Dispatch::Config config files by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jun 22, 2012 at 16:00 UTC
Grafne: My bad. I interpreted your post as a "I can't get the environment variable" and I was showing how to access the environment variable hash. I didn't notice the part of your post when you're talking about reading it from a file. (I had thought that was a bit of the code you were having trouble with.) ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]