Accept show=, ping=, and fetchit= in addition to their real names in set

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a19db11..e5b584a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Changes in version       - 2004      
 	* Have new disable and enable commands which are shortcut
 	  for set pingit=off showit=off fetch=off and =on respectively.
+	* Accept show=, ping=, and fetchit= in addition to their real
+	  names in set.
 
 Changes in version 2.1.3 - 2004-04-20
 	* Improvements to pingd.conf(5) by Colin.
diff --git a/pingd b/pingd
index 8c4dcbf..8b2824b 100755
--- a/pingd
+++ b/pingd
@@ -405,8 +405,15 @@ sub command_set(@) {
 	my @argv = @_;
 
 	my @settings;
-	while (scalar @argv && $argv[0] =~ /^(showit|pingit|fetch)=(on|off)$/) {
-		push @settings, $argv[0];
+	while (scalar @argv && $argv[0] =~ /^(show(?:it)?|ping(?:it)?|fetch(?:it))=(on|off)$/) {
+		$name = $1;
+		$value = $2;
+
+		$name = 'showit' if ($name eq 'show');
+		$name = 'pingit' if ($name eq 'ping');
+		$name = 'fetch' if ($name eq 'fetchit');
+
+		push @settings, "$name=$value";
 		shift @argv;
 	};