Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 02:51:33 +0200 From: A G F Keahan <ak@freenet.co.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Subject: Re: Generic config file parser? Message-ID: <3931BF15.3D2870EF@freenet.co.uk> References: <3931B325.BB166270@freenet.co.uk> <3931AAF9.BE1846A@gorean.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > > 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. Which does not necessarily make it bad, of course, it's just nice to separate things out. Many UNIX applications use similar formats; you don't have to go very far to find an example -- look at e.g. /etc/defaults/rc.conf, which has distinct sections separated by comments like this one: ############################################################## ### Important initial Boot-time options #################### ############################################################## I'll say it again -- I'm not specifically after a Windows-style config file parser, just any similar type thing. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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