From: Karl Voit <devnull@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T21:05:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Using configuration files (replacing shellscripts)

* Jim Crossley <jim@crossleys.org> wrote:
> Hi...

Hi!

> If I understand what you're asking for, you may want to have a look at
> YAML.  Your config file can look like this:
>
> ####
> adapter:   mysql
> database:  demodb
> username:  karl
> password:  pa$$w0rd
> socket:    /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> ####
>
> Turning that file into a ruby hash is a one-liner...

Thanks for the hint.

Is is possible to reduce the redundancy of

,----
| basedir: /this/directory
| logdir:  /this/directory/log
`----

to something like that?

,----
| basedir: /this/directory
| logdir:  $basedir/log
`----

I have to use this in the configs quite often.

TNX!

-- 
Karl Voit