Allow compile to STDOUT

Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm

@@ -1084,6 +1084,14 @@ sub create_temp_object( $$ ) {
     my ( $objectfile, $export ) = @_;
     my $suffix;
 
+    if ( $objectfile eq '-' ) {
+	$verbose = -1;
+	$object = undef;
+	open( $object, '>&STDOUT' ) or fatal_error "Open of STDOUT failed";
+	$file = '-';
+	return 1;
+    }
+
     eval {
 	( $file, $dir, $suffix ) = fileparse( $objectfile );
     };
@@ -1118,9 +1126,12 @@ sub finalize_object( $ ) {
     my $export = $_[0];
     close $object;
     $object = 0;
-    rename $tempfile, $file or fatal_error "Cannot Rename $tempfile to $file: $!";
+
-    chmod 0700, $file or fatal_error "Cannot secure $file for execute access";
+    if ( $file ne '-' ) {
-    progress_message3 "Shorewall configuration compiled to $file" unless $export;
+	rename $tempfile, $file or fatal_error "Cannot Rename $tempfile to $file: $!";
+	chmod 0700, $file or fatal_error "Cannot secure $file for execute access";
+	progress_message3 "Shorewall configuration compiled to $file" unless $export;
+    }
 }
 
 #

Shorewall/changelog.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes in Shorewall 4.3.10
 
 2) Add WIDE_TC_MARKS option.
 
+3) Allow compile to STDOUT.
+
 Changes in Shorewall 4.3.9
 
 1) Logging rules now create separate chain.

Shorewall/releasenotes.txt

@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ None.
     column) must be >= 65536 (0x10000) and must be a multiple of 65536
     (0x1000, 0x20000, 0x30000, ...).
 
+2.  In the 'shorewall compile' command, the filename '-' is now causes
+    the compiled script to be written to Standard Out. As a side
+    effect, the effective VERBOSITY is set to -1 (silent).
+
+    Examples:
+
+	shorewall compile -- -  # Compile /etc/shorewall and send the
+	                        # output to STDOUT
+	shorewall compile . -   # Compile the current working directory
+		  	    	# and send the output to STDOUT
+
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