"Shaw, Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks. I looked at Storable and Freezethaw (they are also refered to in that doco I >was looking at above). Freezethaw wasn't available on my system. Storable used a >binary storage format. What I'm looking for is an editable (text) format - just Perl >source. This perl source file will define the configuration for the rest of my >program. I want users of my program to be able to provide their own configuration >file. Using Perl for configuration files saves you the work of writing your own >(dodgy) parser. If fact I'm trying to do it this way because I have found multiple >errors in the original configuration file parser for my program!
Well, since you mention that Freezethaw wasn't available, I assume installing from CPAN isn't an option - if it is, you could check out YAML: http://perladvent.org/2002/15th/ -RN -- Robin Norwood Red Hat, Inc. "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone." -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
