Match criteria for ( , ) , [ , ] , < , > in glob function always succeed in ASL

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

How to match criteria for ( , ) , [ , ] , < , > in glob function always succeed in Smarts ASL.

Environment

All supported releases of Smart

Resolution

• Add double escape characters \\ in glob for (, ), [, ], < , >

• Example:

       data = "InCharge";
     if (glob(">", data ))
     {
                        print("TEST1: > found");
     }
     if (glob("*>*", data))
     {
                        print("TEST2: *>* found");
  

       }

• Hence both TEST1 and TEST 2 will print. Both will default to TRUE even if > is not with in data. The proper matching criteria is with double escape characters.

• Example:

              glob("\\>", data) or glob("*\\>*", data)