conf.h File Reference

Configuration file routines. More...

Go to the source code of this file.

Classes
struct	ConfigHeader
struct	Config
Functions
EXTERN_C_BEGIN LIBGIFT_EXPORT Config *	config_new (char *file)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT Config *	config_new_ex (char *file, int comments_allowed)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT void	config_free (Config *conf)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT void	config_write (Config *conf)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT void	config_set_str (Config *conf, char *keypath, char *value)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT void	config_set_int (Config *conf, char *keypath, int value)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT char *	config_get_str (Config *conf, char *keypath)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT int	config_get_int (Config *conf, char *keypath)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT Config *	gift_config_new (char *module)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT char *	gift_conf_path (const char *fmt,...)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT char *	gift_conf_path_r (char *buf, size_t buf_size, const char *fmt,...)
LIBGIFT_EXPORT char *	gift_conf_pathkey (Config *conf, char *key, char *def, char *file)

---

Detailed Description

Configuration file routines.

Provides routines that can be used to manipulate INI-style configuration files. These routines properly preserve formatting and comments within the original files.

---

Function Documentation

LIBGIFT_EXPORT void config_free (  Config *  conf  )

Destroys the memory associated with a Config pointer. Parameters: conf  Location of the Config structure.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT int config_get_int (  Config *  conf, char *  keypath )

Gets a configuration key's value from memory converted to a signed integer. See also: config_get_str

LIBGIFT_EXPORT char* config_get_str (  Config *  conf, char *  keypath )

Gets a configuration key's value from memory as a string. Note: When reading data from the configuration structure the key path format may optionally include append "=DEFAULT". If the key was not found to exist in the structure, "DEFAULT" will be returned as if it did. Parameters: conf  Location of the Config structure. keypath  Key path in the form "header/key". Returns: Configuration value. Return values: !NULL  pointer to internally used memory, do not write to this pointer or God will kill an innocent puppy. NULL  failure to lookup the requested key (and no default was provided).

EXTERN_C_BEGIN LIBGIFT_EXPORT Config* config_new (  char *  file  )

Loads a configuration file into memory. Parameters: file  Fully qualified path of the conf file. Returns: Dynamically allocated Config pointer.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT Config* config_new_ex (  char *  file, int  comments_allowed )

Extended constructor. See config_new. Parameters: file  comments_allowed  If false, comments will not be parsed out of configuration file. Literal '#' characters will be saved.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT void config_set_int (  Config *  conf, char *  keypath, int  value )

Sets a configuration key in memory using a signed integer value. See also: config_set_str

LIBGIFT_EXPORT void config_set_str (  Config *  conf, char *  keypath, char *  value )

Sets a configuration key in memory using a string value. Parameters: conf  Location of the Config structure. keypath  Key path in the form "header/key". value  Value to assign to the key when found.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT void config_write (  Config *  conf  )

Attempts to synch the possibly formatted configuration file on disk with the data loaded into memory. Parameters: conf  Location of the Config structure.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT char* gift_conf_path (  const char *  fmt,   ... )

Completely unrelated extension that merely interprets the supplied printf format string and prepends the platform-specific local dir, which will be $HOME/.giFT by default on UNIX hosts. For thread-safety, see gift_conf_path_r. Note: Requires platform_init before usage. Parameters: fmt  printf format string. ...  c'mon, you know. Returns: Pointer to the internal static buffer used to build the configuration path.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT char* gift_conf_path_r (  char *  buf, size_t  buf_size, const char *  fmt,   ... )

gift_conf_path with thread-safety. Uses the supplied buffer for storing the resulting path. On success, the calling argument `buf' will be returned.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT char* gift_conf_pathkey (  Config *  conf, char *  key, char *  def, char *  file )

Return an expanded path from the configuration file with a fallback result from gift_conf_path. Example: gift_conf_pathkey (conf, "search/env_path", gift_conf_path ("OpenFT/db"), "master.idx"); Parameters: conf  key  def  file  Returns: Pointer to local memory from config_get_str or ::stringf.

LIBGIFT_EXPORT Config* gift_config_new (  char *  module  )

Extension specific to giFT that is used to load configuration modules from the ~/.giFT/ directory path. Note: Requires platform_init before usage. Parameters: module  Module name to load (one of giFT, OpenFT, or ui). See also: config_new

---