Re: Recommended config/ini file module?

[Mohan L]

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Manfred Lotz <manfred.l...@arcor.de> wrote:

> Hi there,
> What is a recommended Module for processing config resp. inifile
> formats?
>
> One important feature I need is to use previously defined entries.
>
> Example:
>
> [General]
> base_dir : /somedir
>
> [Files]
> iso_image : ${base_dir}/x.iso
>
> lib : a.so
> lib : b2.so
>

I am using Config::General - Generic Config Module.
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Config-General/General.pm

Say for example :

The below is DB related information in my configuration goes <database>
section :

$ cat /etc/myconf.txt
<database>
        mysql_host      = localhost
        mysql_port      = 3306
        mysql_driver    = mysql
        mysql_database  = databasename
        mysql_username  = mysqluser
        mysql_password  = mysqlpassword
        mysql_socket    = socket path
</database>

I am using the below code to parse configuration file.

$cat myprog.pl

my $conf_path = "/etc/myconf.txt";
my $conf   = Config::General->new($conf_path);
my %config = $conf->getall();
my %database = %{$config{database}};
my $mysql_host = $database{mysql_host};
my $mysql_port = $database{mysql_port};
my $mysql_driver = $database{mysql_driver};
my $mysql_database = $database{mysql_database};
my $mysql_username = $database{mysql_username};
my $mysql_password = $database{mysql_password};
my $mysql_socket   = $database{mysql_socket};


Thanks
Mohan L