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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting help with creating a suitable config file Post 302490303 by Scrutinizer on Monday 24th of January 2011 01:29:04 PM
Old 01-24-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
If you make your config file a shell script, your loading script could be as simple as source ~/.configfile
[..]
IMO source is a bashism. According to the POSIX spec a dot should be used:
Code:
. ~/.configfile

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This page seems to be incorrect in stating that source is a "bourne shell builtin and a POSIX `special' builtin"
http://ss64.com/bash/period.html

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MUSETUP(1)							Museek Daemon Plus							MUSETUP(1)

NAME
Musetup - Configuration script for Museekd SYNOPSIS
musetup <config-filename> [-h] [--help] DESCRIPTION
Musetup is command-line Python script that configures museekd(1). Configuration options are selected by entering one of the numbers dis- played. Modifying those options are done by choosing an option's number or by inputing text. OPTIONS
Musetup accepts the following options: <config-filename> Selected Config's path and filename. -h, --help Display Help and exit. EXAMPLE
To run this program the standard way type: musetup Alternativly you use a different config file with: musetup config.xml FILES
~/.museekd/config.xml The default location for the museekd config file. /usr/share/museek/museekd/config.xml.tmpl Config file template that's used if no config exists. AUTHORS
Hyriand <hyriand@thegraveyard.org> daelstorm <daelstorm@gmail.com> SEE ALSO
mucous(1) mulog(1) murmur(1) muscan(1) muscand(1) museekcontrol(1) museekd(1) museeq(1) musetup-gtk(1) daelstorm Release 0.2.0 MUSETUP(1)
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