glebm / mini_settings

A minimal key-value config file reader/writer in C

mini_settings

A fast C implementation of reading from and writing to a simple key-value text configuration file.

Provides 2 binaries to read/write a simple key-value config format.

Build options

See meson_options.txt

Example:

meson setup builddir --buildtype=release \
  -Ddefault_config_path=/tmp/my.conf \
  -Dget_exe_name=my-get \
  -Dset_exe_name=my-set

mini-settings-get

Usage: mini-settings-get [-f CONFIG_FILE] <KEY> [KEY]...
Prints the value of the key or returns a non-zero exit status.
If multiple keys are given, tries them in order until it finds a key
 that exists.
By default, reads from /dev/stdin

mini-settings-set

Usage: mini-settings-set [-f CONFIG_FILE] <KEY> <VALUE> [KEY VALUE]...
Sets value(s) in the config file.
If a commented key exists, will uncomment it and set the value in-place
 instead of appending a new key
By default, reads from /dev/stdin and writes to /dev/stdout;

mini_settings's Issues

`set`: Add a `--skip-validation` flag

It may be handy in some situations to use batocera-settings-set to edit files that are not strictly key-value pairs.

From batocera-linux/batocera.linux#3349 (comment)

$ batocera-settings-set -f /boot/config.txt dtovelay disable-bt
Invalid config file: key 'initramfs boot/initrd.gz' has no value on line 116#