reading a config file

[s99999999s2003@yahoo.com]

hi
i used ConfigParser to read a config file. I need the config file to
have identical sections. ie :

[server]
blah = "some server"
[destination]
blah = "some destination"
[end]
end= ''

[server]
blah = "some other server"
[destination]
blah = "some other destination"
[end]
end=''

and i need to check that every 'server' and 'destination' is followed
by 'end'

if i used the 'sections' method, it always show 'server' and
'destination' and 'end'. how can i iterate all the sections. ie..

for s in cfg.sections():
do something...

or is naming all the sections with different names is a better option?
thanks

[Larry Bates]

Re: reading a config file

When I need something like this I have employed the following:

[server_001]
blah = "some server"
destination="so me destination"

[server_002]
blah = "some other server"
destination="so me other destination"

[server_linux1]
blah = "some other server"
destination="so me other destination"


Then I do something like this:

import ConfigParser
INI=ConfigParse r.ConfigParser( )
INI.read(inifil ename)
serversections=[x for x in INI.sections if x.startswith('s erver_')]
for serversection in serversections:
servername=serv ersection.split ('_')[1]
#
# Code to operate on the servers here
#



Larry Bates


s99999999s2003@ yahoo.com wrote:[color=blue]
> hi
> i used ConfigParser to read a config file. I need the config file to
> have identical sections. ie :
>
> [server]
> blah = "some server"
> [destination]
> blah = "some destination"
> [end]
> end= ''
>
> [server]
> blah = "some other server"
> [destination]
> blah = "some other destination"
> [end]
> end=''
>
> and i need to check that every 'server' and 'destination' is followed
> by 'end'
>
> if i used the 'sections' method, it always show 'server' and
> 'destination' and 'end'. how can i iterate all the sections. ie..
>
> for s in cfg.sections():
> do something...
>
> or is naming all the sections with different names is a better option?
> thanks
>[/color]