Setting semi-global options

[Cricket Liu]

torben fjerdingstad <unitfj-bind at tfj.rnd.uni-c.dk> wrote in message
news:<19990702115401.B14440 at tfj.rnd.uni-c.dk>...
>
> Is it possible to set options for a group of zones?
>
> I use a lot of includes, like:
>
> include "master/b/bar.dk/Include.conf";
> include "master/f/foo.dk/Include.conf";
> include "slave/ns.baz.dk/a/Include.conf";
> include "slave/ns.baz.dk/b/Include.conf";
> ..
>
> I would like to surround a group of them with { }
> and specify common options for them, like:
>
> // these get special handling
> {
> transfers-in 5;
> include "master/f/foo.dk/Include.conf";
> include "slave/ns.baz.dk/a/Include.conf";
> }
> // here, transfers-in should be the default again
> include "master/b/bar.dk/Include.conf";
> include "slave/ns.baz.dk/b/Include.conf";
>
> Is something like that possible?

Unfortunately, no.  include is a top-level statement.

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