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Privilege Manager for Unix 7.1 - Administration Guide

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search

Syntax
int search( list X, string pattern)
Description

The search function returns the index of the first matching instance of pattern in the specified list. If there is no match, it returns -1.

The first element in the list is index:0.

Example

The following example prints the index number for "cory", which is 1:

a=search({"jamie","cory","robyn"},"c*"); print(a); 
Table 39: Search patterns
j*

j followed by any number of characters.

j*e

j followed by any number of characters, ending with an e.

[jJ]*

Upper or lower case j followed by any number of characters.

[a-z]

Any lower case character.

[^a-z]

Any character except lower case characters.

j followed by a single character.

split

Syntax
list split ( string X [, string delimiter] string omit_empty_elements )
Description

The split function is the opposite of join. It constructs a list by concatenating the strings into a list. It separates each element in the list with a delimiting character, which can be any character from the delimiter string. The default for delimiter is any white space character.

A sequence of two or more contiguous delimiter characters in the parsed string is considered to be a single delimiter. Delimiter characters at the start or end of the string are ignored.

The omit_empty_elements argument defaults to true. If specified and is false, the empty elements are not omitted from the resulting list.

Example

The following example returns the list: {"jamie", "cory", "robyn"}

a = split( "jamie, cory, robyn", ", ")
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splitSubst

splitSubst

Syntax
list splitsubst( string X, string delimiter )
Description

The splitsubst function splits a string X into a list. This function is similar to the split function except that the delimiter contains the entire delimiter string.

Example

The following example returns the list: "john","jane,james"

a = splitsubst( "john,,jane,james", ",," )
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split

Miscellaneous functions

These are the built-in miscellaneous functions available to use within the pmpolicy file.

Table 40: Miscellaneous functions
Name Description
atoi Translate a string representation of an integer to an integer.
authenticate_pam Authenticate a user on the primary policy server.
authenticate_pam_toclient Authenticate a user on the client.
basename Return the filename portion of a path.
comparehosts Check whether a host string matches a host definition.
datecmp Compare two date strings.
dirname Return the directory name portion of a path
feature_enabled Determine whether a feature is supported on the policy server
fileexists, access Check whether a file or path exists on the policy server.

getopt

Examine a list of arguments for short options to break up command lines for easier parsing.

getopt_long

Examine a list of arguments for short or long options to break up command lines for easier parsing.

getopt_long

Examine a list of arguments for only long options to break up command lines for easier parsing.

glob Match a string to a pattern.
ingroup Check whether a host is in the specified UNIX group on the policy server.
innetgroup Check whether a user is in the specified NIS netgroup on the policy server.
innetuser, inusernetgroup Check whether a user is in the NIS netgroup or specified netgroup on the policy server.
lineno Return the current line number in the policy file.
mktemp

Create a temporary file. Same as mktemp system.

osname Return a string representation of the operating system.
quote Quote a string.
rand Generate a random number.
stat Obtain information about a file on the policy server.
strftime Format the current date/time as a string.
system Run a program on the policy server.
timebetween Check whether a given time is between two times.
tolower Convert string to lower case.
toupper Convert string to upper case.

uname

Return system information on the policy server; output of uname system command line.

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