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1 \subsubsection{Structure of the configuration files}
2
3 The config files are divided into sections and options/values.
4
5 Every section has a type, but does not necessarily have a name.
6 Every option has a name and a value and is assigned to the section
7 it was written under.
8
9 Syntax:
10
11 \begin{Verbatim}
12 config <type> ["<name>"] # Section
13 option <name> "<value>" # Option
14 \end{Verbatim}
15
16 Every parameter needs to be a single string and is formatted exactly
17 like a parameter for a shell function. The same rules for Quoting and
18 special characters also apply, as it is parsed by the shell.
19
20 \subsubsection{Parsing configuration files in custom scripts}
21
22 To be able to load configuration files, you need to include the common
23 functions with:
24
25 \begin{Verbatim}
26 . /etc/functions.sh
27 \end{Verbatim}
28
29 Then you can use \texttt{config\_load \textit{<name>}} to load config files. The function
30 first checks for \textit{<name>} as absolute filename and falls back to loading
31 it from \texttt{/etc/config} (which is the most common way of using it).
32
33 If you want to use special callbacks for sections and/or options, you
34 need to define the following shell functions before running \texttt{config\_load}
35 (after including \texttt{/etc/functions.sh}):
36
37 \begin{Verbatim}
38 config_cb() {
39 local type="$1"
40 local name="$2"
41 # commands to be run for every section
42 }
43
44 option_cb() {
45 # commands to be run for every option
46 }
47 \end{Verbatim}
48
49 You can also alter \texttt{option\_cb} from \texttt{config\_cb} based on the section type.
50 This allows you to process every single config section based on its type
51 individually.
52
53 \texttt{config\_cb} is run every time a new section starts (before options are being
54 processed). You can access the last section through the \texttt{CONFIG\_SECTION}
55 variable. Also an extra call to \texttt{config\_cb} (without a new section) is generated
56 after \texttt{config\_load} is done.
57 That allows you to process sections both before and after all options were
58 processed.
59
60 Another way of iterating on config sections is using the \texttt{config\_foreach} command.
61
62 Syntax:
63 \begin{Verbatim}
64 config_foreach <function name> [<sectiontype>] [<arguments...>]
65 \end{Verbatim}
66
67 This command will run the supplied function for every single config section in the currently
68 loaded config. The section name will be passed to the function as argument 1.
69 If the section type is added to the command line, the function will only be called for
70 sections of the given type.
71
72
73 You can access already processed options with the \texttt{config\_get} command
74 Syntax:
75
76 \begin{Verbatim}
77 # print the value of the option
78 config_get <section> <option>
79
80 # store the value inside the variable
81 config_get <variable> <section> <option>
82 \end{Verbatim}
83
84 In busybox ash the three-option \texttt{config\_get} is faster, because it does not
85 result in an extra fork, so it is the preferred way.
86
87 Additionally you can also modify or add options to sections by using the
88 \texttt{config\_set} command.
89
90 Syntax:
91
92 \begin{Verbatim}
93 config_set <section> <option> <value>
94 \end{Verbatim}
95
96 If a config section is unnamed, an automatically generated name will
97 be assigned internally, e.g. \texttt{cfg1}, \texttt{cfg2}, ...
98
99 While it is possible, using unnamed sections through these autogenerated names is
100 strongly discouraged. Use callbacks or \texttt{config\_foreach} instead.
101
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