[Bug]: File suffix other than .ini gives warnings about ini-file-parser HOT 3 CLOSED

The output you are seeing is correct given how the script was designed to work.

process_ini_file test.ini - this will parse the file and store the results in memory

process_ini_file test.conf - this will parse the second file but with the first file still in memory

The net result of working you are doing is:

cat < test.ini
[my_test]
test_1 = A
EOT

cp test.ini test.conf
cat test.ini test.conf > merged.ini
process_ini_file merged.ini

The code allows you to process multiple files in a script and treat them all as one merged in / config file.

It should be easy enough to add an option to purge anything that has already been loaded either with an additional optional parameter to process_inI_file

process_ini_file <purge_flag>

or another function which allows you to file by file

process_ini_file
process_ini_file
process_ini_file
purge_ini_file

from ini-file-parser.

Thanks for the quick response (and great script). I realize my mistake. i got the "error" when i tested the script. In reality, it won't be a problem. So for me it only remains to suggest to mention this to the documenation. Hats off.

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I will add it to my backlog, as I like the idea of being able to purge loaded items or remove specific items and maybe even add a function to write the merged config into a new file.

To be honest this only exists because of a bet. A friend said he had never seen an ini file parser for bash (most languages have one or several implementations). I said it shouldn't be that hard to do it, and his reply was "I bet you can't" ... so I did :)

I have a lot of other projects on the go, and never really came back to this one to see what new cool things I could add to it, so it is nice to get a reminder it is still out there.

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