Dpkg::Conf

The Dpkg::Conf object can be used to read options from a configuration file. It can exports an array that can then be parsed exactly like @ARGV.

$conf = Dpkg::Conf->new(%opts)

Create a new Dpkg::Conf object. Some options can be set through %opts: if allow_short evaluates to true (it defaults to false), then short options are allowed in the configuration file, they should be prepended with a single hyphen.

@$conf

@options = $conf->get_options()

Returns the list of options that can be parsed like @ARGV.

$conf->load($file)

Read options from a file. Return the number of options parsed.

$conf->parse($fh)

Parse options from a file handle. Return the number of options parsed.

$conf->filter(remove => $rmfunc)

$conf->filter(keep => $keepfunc)

Filter the list of options, either removing or keeping all those that return true when &$rmfunc($option) or &keepfunc($option) is called.

$string = $conf->output($fh)

Write the options in the given filehandle (if defined) and return a string representation of the content (that would be) written.

"$conf"

Return a string representation of the content.

$conf->save($file)

Save the options in a file.

Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.