Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 16:25:45 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: A G F Keahan <ak@freenet.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Generic config file parser? Message-ID: <3931AAF9.BE1846A@gorean.org> References: <3931B325.BB166270@freenet.co.uk>
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A G F Keahan wrote:
>
> This may be a silly question, but is there such a thing? Almost every
> program that I know uses configuration files, often in different,
> incompatible formats. I personally prefer Samba/Wine-style config
> files which are split into "sections" like this:
>
> [SECTIONNAME1]
> wibble1 = blah
> wibble2 = 35
> wibble3 = "a string that has more than one word"
> ; this is a comment -- ignored
> wibble4 = 4.567e9
> A trivial thing to write, and a very useful one -- surely it's been done
> before, no?
It's possible, though unlikely, since what you're describing is a
windows style config format.
Doug
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