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On Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 09:28  AM, Max Horn wrote:

> At 7:49 Uhr -0500 20.01.2002, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>> I was looking through the fink perlmods, and I came across another 
>> function: read_properties_multival.  Can someone (Max? Finlay?) please 
>> tell me what the difference and usage is between read_properties and 
>> read_properties_multival in Services.pm?
>
> To cite the comment in that file "read properties file with multiple 
> values per key"
>
> So, it doesn't support here-documents, but OTOH it allows multiple values 
> for a single key. It is mainly used to read in the list of mirrors, where 
> multiple mirros can be located on the same continent/country.

FWIW, I sent a patch to the list some time ago that gave it here-doc 
support, but I couldn't test it (it's only used to read the list or 
mirrors, like Max said). So, if you need that support, email me and I will 
send you the patch.

Daniel

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