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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users How to Read config (.cfg) files using shell scripting Post 302108396 by sysgate on Monday 26th of February 2007 07:44:46 AM
Old 02-26-2007
It really depends what are you trying to achive, which language will be used, what is the underlying OS, etc....
example :
I have one file called "config.cfg" and I read it like this :
Code:
if __name__ == "__main__":
# some stuff
  try:
    configFile = open('config.cfg')
    config.readfp(configFile)
  except IOError:
    print "Config.cfg file not found."
    exit()

This example is Python, reading from file on most languages is similar.
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

hobbit-nkview.cfg

HOBBIT-NKVIEW.CFG(5)						File Formats Manual					      HOBBIT-NKVIEW.CFG(5)

NAME

       hobbit-nkview.cfg - Configuration of the hobbitgraph CGI

SYNOPSIS

       $BBHOME/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg

DESCRIPTION

       hobbit-nkview.cgi(1)  uses  the	configuration  file $BBHOME/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg to determine which of the statuses currently in a red or
       yellow state should appear on the Critical Systems view.

       This file should not be edited manually. It is maintained by the hobbit-nkeedit.cgi(1) utility via a web-based frontend.

FILE PERMISSIONS

       Since the file is maintained by a web front-end tool, the userid running Web CGI scripts must have write-permission  to	the  file.   Typi-
       cally, this means it must have a group-ownership matching your webserver userid, and group-write permissions (mode 664).

       When  editing  the  file  with the web front-end, a backup file is created.  Therefore the hobbit-nkview.cfg.bak file should have identical
       permissions.

SEE ALSO

       hobbit-nkview.cgi(1), hobbit-nkedit.cgi(1)

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