cfg_parse

Simple config file parser in C

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There is no standard way in C to parse config files. Several libraries have sprung up to solve the problem, but perhaps that is overkill for what should be a simple operation.

Presenting: cfg_parse - a compile-in solution for reading key-value pairs from file(s), looking up settings, and writing a config file back to disk.

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Here is some usage info for cfg_parse. Download the files cfg_parse.h and cfg_parse.c, and compile them along with the rest of your program.

You may also wish to include it as an automatic svn:externals property, as in:

svn propset svn:externals "cfg_parse svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/cfg-parse/code/trunk" .

Typically, a user should create a pointer to a cfg_struct, initialize it with cfg_init(), and then perform actions on that object (lookup, add, delete) by passing the pointer to the functions here. At end of use, call cfg_delete to clean up the object.

Sample code:

/* driver test program for cfg_parse */ #include "cfg_parse.h" #include <stdio.h> const char* local_config_path = "/home/developer/.config"; int main() { /* Pointer to a cfg_struct structure */ struct cfg_struct* cfg; /* Initialize config struct */ cfg = cfg_init(); /* Specifying some defaults */ cfg_set(cfg, "KEY", "VALUE"); cfg_set(cfg, "KEY_A", "DEFAULT_VALUE_A"); /* "Required" file */ if (! cfg_load(cfg, "config.ini")) { fprintf(stderr, "Unable to load cfg.ini

"); cfg_free(cfg); return -1; } /* Several "optional" files can be added as well Each subsequent call upserts values already in the cfg structure. */ cfg_load(cfg, "/usr/local/etc/config.ini"); cfg_load(cfg, local_config_path); /* Retrieve the value for key INFINITY, and print */ printf("INFINITY = %s

", cfg_get(cfg, "INFINITY")); /* Retrieve the value for key "KEY", and print */ printf("KEY = %s

", cfg_get(cfg, "KEY")); /* Delete the key-value pair for "DELETE_ME" */ cfg_delete(cfg, "DELETE_ME"); /* Dump cfg-struct to disk. */ cfg_save(cfg, "config_new.ini"); /* All done, clean up. */ cfg_free(cfg); return 0; }

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Complete documentation has been generated by Doxygen and posted here.

View the complete manual here.

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This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

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The current version is v1.0r15, released on Apr 20, 2019.

Visit the Files area on SourceForge to view all the available files.

Source code is provided via svn on the Sourceforge project page. Please use anonymous SVN checkout / export to obtain the latest version. Click here to visit the Code page.

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