From: ChrisKaelin <ck1@...>
Date: 2007-01-31T04:30:06+09:00
Subject: Howto parse or eval a config-file?

I'm currently looking for a simple way to parse a configuration file 
in a ruby-script. Is eval a good way to do that? YAML seems a bit an 
overkill to learn for such a small task...

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

So far I'm doing this:

the config-file:

Conf = {
	'host'        => 'localhost',
	'title'       => 'TIITEL',
	'mailhost'    => 'mailhost'
}

the eval-code:

begin
		eval File.new(configFile).read
		rescue ScriptError=>e
		warn("An error occurred while reading #{$configFile}: ", e)
	else
		$host             = Conf['host']
		$title            = Conf['title']
		$mailhost         = Conf['mailhost']
end