Re: [hylafax-users] FaxDispatch logic help

["Jason Staudenmayer" <jasons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Huh, my last reply didn't make the list. 

OK I made the change and I'll keep an eye on it.

Thanks

Jason
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Taylor [mailto:chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 12:17 PM
> To: Patrice Fournier
> Cc: Jason Staudenmayer; Hylafax Mailling List
> Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] FaxDispatch logic help
> 
> 
> Patrice Fournier wrote:
> > Quoting Chris Taylor <chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > 
> >> Jason Staudenmayer wrote:
> >>> I've been search for some examples but I'm not finding many.
> >>> I'm finally setting up my dispatch script and so far I'm 
> just using 
> >>>  a case for SENDER. What I'd like to do is also route 
> other faxes by  
> >>> CIDNUMBER.
> >>> I just want to make sure that no faxes are lost or double 
> emails  are 
> >>> send. Below is what I have so far:
> >>>
> >>> case $SENDER in
> >>>
> >>> *305*243*5662*) SENDTO="health@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";;
> >>>
> >>> *) SENDTO=faxin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;;
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> esac
> >>>
> >>> case $CIDNUMBER in
> >>>
> >>> *215*368*1960*) SENDTO="rigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";;
> >>>
> >>> *) SENDTO=faxin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;;
> >>>
> >>> esac
> >>>
> >>> My question is do I only need the catch-all in the last case or  
> >>> should each case have it?
> >>
> >> Every different case needs the *) entry.
> > 
> > No. If you add a catch-all to every case (and all the cases 
> are used to 
> > set the SENDTO variable), only the last case block will 
> actually work as 
> > the catch-all entry will replace any value set by a 
> previous case block.
> > 
> > You should only put a catch-all entry in the first block 
> (or set the 
> > SENDTO default value before all the case block and don't set any 
> > catch-all entry). You should also put the blocks from 
> lowest priority to 
> > highest. i.e. if a fax matches an entry in both SENDER and 
> CIDNUMBER, 
> > the entry of the last block will replace the entry set in 
> the first block.
> > 
> > 
> > --Patrice Fournier
> > iFAX Solutions, Inc.
> > www.ifax.com
> > 
> 
> Yes, you could do it that way - setting it before the case blocks..
> That does actually make more sense - setting it in the first 
> block isn't 
> necessarily reliable - you may not have the correct header entries.
> 
> Jason, this makes more sense actually..
> 
> You'd do something like:
> 
> SENDTO=faxin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> case $SENDER in
> 
>   *305*243*5662*) SENDTO="health@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";;
> 
> esac
> 
> case $CIDNUMBER in
> 
>   *215*368*1960*) SENDTO="rigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";;
> 
> esac
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 

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