#!/bin/bash

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#

#   tcar_getConfigValue.sh -- This function standardizes the way

#   configuration values are retrieved from configuration files. As

#   arguments, the configuration file absolute path, the configuration

#   section name, and the configuration option name must be provided.

#

#   Written by: 

#   * Alain Reguera Delgado <al@centos.org.cu>, 2009-2013

#     Key fingerprint = D67D 0F82 4CBD 90BC 6421  DF28 7CCE 757C 17CA 3951

#

# Copyright (C) 2009-2013 The CentOS Project

#

# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at

# your option) any later version.

#

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but

# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

# General Public License for more details.

#

# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

#

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function tcar_getConfigValue {

    # Initialize absolute path to configuration file.

    local CONFIGURATION_FILE="${1}"

    # Initialize configuration section name where the variable value

    # we want to to retrieve is set in.

    local CONFIGURATION_SECTION="${2}"

    # Initialize variable name we want to retrieve value from.

    local CONFIGURATION_OPTION="${3}"

    # Retrieve configuration lines from configuration file.

    local CONFIGURATION_LINES=$(tcar_getConfigLines \

        "${CONFIGURATION_FILE}" "${CONFIGURATION_SECTION}" "${CONFIGURATION_OPTION}")

    # Parse configuration lines to retrieve the values of variable

    # names.

    local CONFIGURATION_VALUE=$(echo ${CONFIGURATION_LINES} \

        | cut -d= -f2- \

        | sed -r -e 's/"//g' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' )

    # Output values related to variable name.

    echo "${CONFIGURATION_VALUE}"

}