Config File Layout

Perlers,

 

I'm working on a script that will need to email clients if it finds
files in their respective outbound directories.  I've decided on a
simple config file:

 

[foo]

someone@here.com

 

[bar]

nobody@there.org

everybody@place.net

 

 

I've written a simple parser but it doesn't check for incorrect syntax.
I looked at some of the Config:: modules and they appear to require
Name=Value pairs.

 

So my question is one of design; should I use the name=value pairing and
one of the Config:: modules, or just leave it as is?  I'm going to be
the only one maintaining the config file but, of course, I want the
script and config file to be maintainable even if I'm not around.

 

ry

Ryan Frantz wrote:
> Perlers,
>
>
>
> I'm working on a script that will need to email clients if it finds
> files in their respective outbound directories.  I've decided on a
> simple config file:
>
>
>
> [foo]
>
> someone@here.com
>
>
>
> [bar]
>
> nobody@there.org
>
> everybody@place.net
>
>
>
>
>
> I've written a simple parser but it doesn't check for incorrect syntax.
> I looked at some of the Config:: modules and they appear to require
> Name=Value pairs.
>
>
>
> So my question is one of design; should I use the name=value pairing and
> one of the Config:: modules, or just leave it as is?  I'm going to be
> the only one maintaining the config file but, of course, I want the
> script and config file to be maintainable even if I'm not around.
>
>

One of the Config:: modules should handle your format above. You might
also consider AppConfig,

http://search.cpan.org/~abw/AppConf...ib/AppConfig.pm

HTH,

http://danconia.org

>
> ry
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