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Old 02-25-2012
Read Data from Config file using Perl

Hi All,
Can anyone please explain me how to read data from config file in Perl.

Suppose i have a config file named cfile. The data in config file is

[head]
name=parth
lname=mittal
user=2007
hostname=fluoride

[tail]
username=parthmittal
password=XXXXXX
account=unix
url=www.unix.com



Something like action we perform to fetch data from cfile like
object->tail.username and we get parthmittal
please explaim me how to fetch data and which package and module is used
 

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ExtUtils::Config(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       ExtUtils::Config(3)

NAME
ExtUtils::Config - A wrapper for perl's configuration VERSION
version 0.007 SYNOPSIS
my $config = ExtUtils::Config->new(); $config->set('installsitelib', "$ENV{HOME}/lib"); DESCRIPTION
ExtUtils::Config is an abstraction around the %Config hash. METHODS
new(\%config) Create a new ExtUtils::Config object. The values in "\%config" are used to initialize the object. get($key) Get the value of $key. If not overriden it will return the value in %Config. exists($key) Tests for the existence of $key. set($key, $value) Set/override the value of $key to $value. clear($key) Reset the value of $key to its original value. values_set() Get a hashref of all overridden values. all_config() Get a hashref of the complete configuration, including overrides. clone() Clone the current configuration object. serialize() This method serializes the object to some kind of string. AUTHORS
o Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org> o Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Ken Williams, Leon Timmermans. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. perl v5.18.2 2012-10-17 ExtUtils::Config(3)
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