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firestring_conf_parse(3) Library Functions Manual firestring_conf_parse(3)

NAME

firestring_conf_parse - read and parse a configuration file

SYNOPSIS

#include <firestring.h>
 
-lfirestring
struct firestring_conf_t *firestring_conf_parse(const char *filename)

DESCRIPTION

firestring_conf_parse() attempts to read a configuration from filename and parse the results into a structure that it then returns.
The support configuration format is fairly flexible:
 
# Configuration file example
 
# These are comments
 
variable_name = value
 
variable_name2=value
 
variable_name3="quoted value"
 
variable_name4="array value 1"
 
variable_name4="array value 2"
include as a variable name is special; it causes firestring to parse the file referenced by the value, overriding any previous values (although they are still accessible as arrays).

RETURN VALUE

Returns a pointer to a structure containing the data read from the config file, or NULL if the file cannot be opened.

AUTHOR

Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

libfirestring(3)
2002-03-31