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- == Structure of the configuration files ==
-
-The config files are divided into sections and options/values.
-
-Every section has a type, but does not necessarily have a name.
-Every option has a name and a value and is assigned to the section
-it was written under.
-
-Syntax:
-
-config <type> [<name>] # Section
- option <name> <value> # Option
-
-
-Every parameter needs to be a single string and is formatted exactly
-like a parameter for a shell function. The same rules for Quoting and
-special characters also apply, as it is parsed by the shell.
-
-
-
- == Parsing configuration files in custom scripts ==
-
-To be able to load configuration files, you need to include the common
-functions with:
-
-. /etc/functions.sh
-
-Then you can use config_load <name> to load config files. The function
-first checks for <name> as absolute filename and falls back to loading
-it from /etc/config (which is the most common way of using it).
-
-If you want to use special callbacks for sections and/or options, you
-need to define the following shell functions before running config_load
-(after including /etc/functions.sh):
-
-config_cb() {
- local type="$1"
- local name="$2"
- # commands to be run for every section
-}
-
-option_cb() {
- # commands to be run for every option
-}
-
-You can also alter option_cb from config_cb based on the section type.
-This allows you to process every single config section based on its type
-individually.
-
-config_cb is run every time a new section starts (before options are being
-processed). You can access the last section through the CONFIG_SECTION
-variable. Also an extra call to config_cb (without a new section) is generated
-after config_load is done.
-That allows you to process sections both before and after all options were
-processed.
-
-You can access already processed options with the config_get command
-Syntax:
-
-config_get <section> <option> # prints the value of the option
-config_get <variable> <section> <option> # stores the value inside the variable
-
-In busybox ash the three-option config_get is faster, because it does not
-result in an extra fork, so it is the preferred way.
-
-Additionally you can also modify or add options to sections by using the
-config_set command.
-
-Syntax:
-
-config_set <section> <option> <value>
-