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On Tue, 01 May 2012 08:38:01 -0700
Michael Rasmussen <michael@jamhome.us> wrote:
> On 2012-05-01 06:43, Manfred Lotz wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 May 2012 05:57:28 -0700
> > Michael Rasmussen <michael@jamhome.us> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 11:58:46AM +0200, Manfred Lotz 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.
> >>
> >> Config::Std uses the .INI format and will preserve your comments in
> >> addition to your previously defined entries. I've found it to be a
> >> very easy to use module.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I started trying out Config::Std which indeed is easy to use but
> > didn't
> > get previously defined vars to work.
> >
> > I tried this but to no avail.
> >
> >
> > [Dirs]
> > basedir : /data/
> > aroot : ${basedir}/root
> > broot : $basedir/root
>
> The config file is static and does not interpret itself.
>
> To do what I think you're after would require:
>
> The ini file:
> [Dirs]
> basedir : /data/
>
> The Perl program bit to use it:
>
> read_config 'name_of_config.ini' => my %config;
>
> $aroot = $config{Dirs}{basedir} . "root";
>
>
Ok, so I'll stick to Config::General which does nicely what I want.
--
Thanks,
Manfred
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