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How to read configuration file line by line in C ?
This is a discussion on How to read configuration file line by line in C ? within the Coding in General forums, part of the Development/Scripting category; I'm in Linux Box (fedora) I have my config file : myfile.conf Code: scriptPath=/opt/myscript DBserver=localhost DBuser=me DBpassword=#123^abc# how can I ...
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06-22-2009, 10:22 PM
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How to read configuration file line by line in C ?
I'm in Linux Box (fedora)
I have my config file : myfile.conf Code:
scriptPath=/opt/myscript DBserver=localhost DBuser=me DBpassword=#123^abc# and store its line to variable to use in the C application ! 
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06-26-2009, 09:00 PM
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One approach is to read whole file in a loop and than use C function to read field while using = as deliminator.
Another option is to use C/C++ ini-parser http://student.agh.edu.pl/~koshmaar/SDL_Config/news.php
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