by Hi
This is an announcement for a library I wrote to retrieve
configuration data (the stuff normally stored in /etc/foo.conf
and ~/.foorc). The library tries to make the following tasks easier:
* Accessing configuration data from shell scripts or C programs:
Previously it would have been necessary to write a small
parser. Now you can access data with only a few function calls.
* Organizing the location of configuration files:
The library allows you to move configuration files without
recompiling the application.
* Modifying configuration files:
The files managed by the library all have the same format, so
they should be easier to edit by hand. A special configuration
file editor has also been provided.
Although this is the first public release of this library, I think
it should stable enough to be used in real C programs and shell
scripts. The library is released under the GNU library license and
the associated utilities are released under the GPL.
The web page is at http://sar8.ee.uct.ac.za/linux/kunf
regards
marc