[ic] perl in interchange.cfg or catalog.cfg?

[Jon Jensen]

On Fri, 4 May 2001, Dan B wrote:

> I think what Bill is trying to do sounds interesting, e.g.:
> (psuedocode)
> Catalog.cfg:
> [perl]
>          if (date() == Tuesday){
>                  query_msyql("SELECT catalog_cfg FROM catalogs_config_files 
> WHERE use_date="tuesday");
>          }
>          return results;
> [/perl]
> 
> Which would allow you to use a given set of configuration depending on 
> arbitrary perl code (such as database contents via the day of the week).
> 
> There's probably a way to do this already, but I don't know it.

"Watch points" may be just what you're looking for. They only work in
catalog.cfg, but they're quite cool:

http://developer2.akopia.com/cgi-bin/ic/dev/icconfig_80.html

Jon