I have been working on a library to manipulate files in the general
format of rc.conf and loader.conf. This library will see use in
sysinstall, enabling it to change any variable in these files, and
removing that horrible "append changes" behavior. :-) As a bonus, I plan
to at a "install splash screen" option to sysinstall.

This library can also be used as back-end by any other programs wishing
to manipulate these files, or any other files in the same format. Anyone
wishing to review it, please get it at:

http://www.freebsd.org/~dcs/libconf19991215.tar.gz

It has two example programs: chconf and prog. The first one is a cli to
changing these files, and the second one is an example of a number of
ways to iterate through the data read from these configuration files.

A man page is in the works. Meanwhile, any suggestions feedback is
welcome.

-- 
Daniel C. Sobral                  (8-DCS)
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If you don't have time to do it right, where
are you going to find the time to do it over?


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