newbie question about embedded perl traphandler (SNMP::TrapReceiver)

Hi,

I've just moved up to Net-SNMP 2.4rc2 (from 5.1.2) to use the embedded 
perl traphandler.
I've been using the normal traphandling capabilities so far. There, the 
trap values were passed simply:
OID value (no quotes or anything else)

Now, with TrapReceiver, I get values that contain the type and quotes, 
as shown below: (I used the little program that comes with the distribution)

********** PERL RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION:
PDU INFO:
  notificationtype               TRAP
  receivedfrom                   UDP: [205.236.40.165]:1027
  version                        1
  errorstatus                    0
  messageid                      0
  community                      public
  transactionid                  892
  errorindex                     0
  requestid                      357155934
VARBINDS:
  DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance type=67 value=Timeticks: 
(54023610) 6 days, 6:03:56.10
  SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0      type=6  value=OID: 
COLUBRIS-SYSLOG-MIB::syslogSeverityNotification
  COLUBRIS-SYSLOG-MIB::syslogMsgNumber.0 type=66 value=Gauge32: 147170
  COLUBRIS-SYSLOG-MIB::syslogMsgFacility.0 type=4  value=STRING: "daemon"
  COLUBRIS-SYSLOG-MIB::syslogMsgSeverity.0 type=2  value=INTEGER: 9
  COLUBRIS-SYSLOG-MIB::syslogMsgText.0 type=4  value=STRING: "webauth: 
Cannot find  NOC certificate - disabling NOC authentication."



Note that the documentation says: (from the man page for 
NetSNMP::TrapReceiver)

        ********** PERL RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION:
         PDU INFO:
           notificationtype               TRAP
           receivedfrom                   127.0.0.1
           version                        1
           errorstatus                    0
           messageid                      0
           community                      mycommunity
           transactionid                  2
           errorindex                     0
           requestid                      765160220
         VARBINDS:
           sysUpTimeInstance              type=67 value=0:0:00:00.00
           snmpTrapOID.0                  type=6  value=linkUp
           ifIndex.1                      type=2  value=1
           ifAdminStatus.1                type=2  value=1
           ifOperStatus.1                 type=2  value=1
           ifDescr                        type=4  value="eth0"



I'm running snmptrapd without options (at least output options) and 
there are no format statements in the conf files.

I figure there must be an easy way (some SNMP function) to parse these 
values (the canonical values), and separate the actual  data from the 
type and formatting information?
I am just not familiar enough with  the Net-SNMP to figure it out.

Thanks very much.

Mike

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