Dpkg::Conf(3)							   libdpkg-perl 						     Dpkg::Conf(3)

NAME

       Dpkg::Conf - parse dpkg configuration files

DESCRIPTION

       The Dpkg::Conf object can be used to read options from a configuration file. It can exports an array that can then be parsed exactly like
       @ARGV.

FUNCTIONS

       my $conf = Dpkg::Conf->new(%opts)
	   Create a new Dpkg::Conf object. Some options can be set through %opts: if allow_short evaluates to true (it defaults to false), then
	   short options are allowed in the configuration file, they should be prepended with a single dash.

       @$conf
       @options = $conf->get_options()
	   Returns the list of options that can be parsed like @ARGV.

       $conf->load($file)
	   Read options from a file. Return the number of options parsed.

       $conf->parse($fh)
	   Parse options from a file handle. Return the number of options parsed.

       $conf->filter(remove => $rmfunc)
       $conf->filter(keep => $keepfunc)
	   Filter the list of options, either removing or keeping all those that return true when &$rmfunc($option) or &keepfunc($option) is
	   called.

       $string = $conf->output($fh)
	   Write the options in the given filehandle (if defined) and return a string representation of the content (that would be) written.

       "$conf"
	   Return a string representation of the content.

       $conf->save($file)
	   Save the options in a file.

AUTHOR

       Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.

1.16.0.3							    2012-04-17							     Dpkg::Conf(3)