Bug#502543: ITP: confget -- Utility to read variables from a configuration file

[Dominique Dumont <dominique.dumont@hp.com>]

Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> writes:

> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:48:02PM +0200, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
>> * Peter Pentchev [Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:37:21 +0300]:
>> 
>> >   Description     : Utility to read variables from a configuration file
>> 
>> Please mention "INI-style" in the short description, eg.:
>> 
>>     Description     : Utility to read variables from an INI-style configuration file
>
> Well, I will - for this version - but part of the idea behind confget is
> that it will eventually grow the ability to read config files in other
> formats.  I had my sights set on Java property files, but it turned out
> they were... a bit complicated, what with Unicode, quoting, and such,
> so I left them out of 1.00.

Then, you might want to consider Augeas for this purpose (Debian
package are already available).

Augeas has the ability to read and write INI files (and other files as
well)

See http://augeas.net for details

HTH

-- 
Dominique Dumont 
"Delivering successful solutions requires giving people what they
need, not what they want." Kurt Bittner