Dpkg::Conf(3)

NAME
Dpkg::Conf - parse dpkg configuration files

DESCRIPTION
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.

METHODS

$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.

CHANGES

  Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.15.8)
New method: $conf->filter()

  Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
Mark the module as public.

AUTHOR
Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.