In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since this utility will also be ported to the linux world, does anyone > know what the linux/unix counterpart of a Windows .INI configuration > file is? ConfigParser works on Linux and Mac as well. Configuration files on Linux/Unix have a high 'roll your own' value: the format basically depends on the needs of the program. > I suppose I could get away with using XML for my config files and avoid > having two different tools altogether. I think you could do worse than adopt the Apple .plist format. There is already a pure python module for these: http://sarwat.net/opensource/ The advantage of the plist module is that the type of the variables is stored as well, and that you can store complex variables (lists, dictionaries) without mangling. Maarten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
