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celestialorb

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From: Seattle, Washington

Registered: 2009-07-30

Posts: 30

Configuration File Reader

Hey guys,

A thought ran across my mind earlier today, is there a common configuration file reader tool that many programs use to read the .conf files?  I'm working on my own project and it would be nice not to have to write my own file parser for it.

The language I'm using is C++, and I've found several configuration file parsers, but I'd rather use one that may already be on my system.

Thanks in advance! 

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: Configuration File Reader

It's better that you write your own parser for it, less dependencies that way...

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gnud

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Registered: 2005-11-27

Posts: 182

Re: Configuration File Reader

If you already use the boost libraries, then I suggest you use boost::program_options.

Using that library, options can be specified both on the command line and in a config file, without any more work from you. And the boost libraries add a lot of other useful stuff (plus, they are pretty common on linuxen (linii?)).