Ryan Frantz wrote:
> Perlers,
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> 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:
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> [foo]
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  
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> [bar]
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  
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>  
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> 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.
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>  
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> 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/AppConfig-1.56/lib/AppConfig.pm

HTH,

http://danconia.org

> 
> ry
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> 

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