Ruby ParseConfig 0.5 Released - Easily Parse Standard *Nix Style Config Files

drks — Mon, 2009-09-21 17:35

Latest update of the Ruby ParseConfig library adds a few new features, including the ability to do [grouping]. For example, reading a MySQL config file:

#!/usr/bin/ruby
 
require('rubygems')
require('parseconfig')
 
c = ParseConfig.new('./my.cnf')
puts
puts "Available config groups: #{c.groups}"
puts
puts "config['client']['user'] => #{c.params['client']['user']}"
puts "config['client']['password'] => #{c.params['client']['password']}"
puts

And the output:

you@linuxbox ~] $ cat ./my.cnf 
 
[client]
user=johnny
password=3uS1F1eufy75
 
 
you@linuxbox ~] $ ruby ./read_my_cnf.rb
 
Available config groups: client
 
config['client']['user'] => johnny
config['client']['password'] => 3uS1F1eufy75

The following changes have been applied.

Mon Aug 31, 2009 - v0.5
- Added sub-groups feature per RubyForge tracker [#27019].  Config files
  can now have [subgroups] whose values are added to a nested Hash object.
- Added the write() function per RubyForge tracker [#27019].  Will print 
  to STDOUT by default, or to a file object if passed.
- Added the add(), and add_to_group() functions to support new features
  per RubyForge tracker [#27019].
- Thank you to Titouan Christophe for the submissions listed above!
- ParseConfig.get_params() returns all params including groups.  
  ParseConfig.get_groups() returns available sub-groups.
- See the demo.rb and demo.conf files which have been updated to reflect
  this update.
- The methods override_value() and nil_value() are now deprecated and will
  be removed in future versions.

Installing

The ParseConfig library is available via Ruby Gems, simply execute the following on your linux box:

you@linuxbox ~] $ sudo gem install parseconfig

Reporting Bugs or Feature Requests

Bugs and Feature Requests can be reported to the RubyForge Project Page.

nice

Brent Lintner (not verified) — Mon, 2010-01-18 17:08

Now it is I who googles a ruby config parser and voila. Great gem, I may just utilize it, rather then write a shabby class myself lol.

Cheers,

Brent.

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odżywki (not verified) — Mon, 2009-09-28 11:08

Thanks, your website is very helpful

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