#!/bin/bash

#

# cli_getConfigLines.sh -- This function retrives configuration lines

# form configuration files. As arguments, the configuration file

# absolute path, the configuration section name, and the configuration

# variable name must be provided.

#

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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# $Id$

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

function cli_getConfigLines {

    # Initialize absolute path to configuration file.

    local CONFIG_ABSPATH="$1"

    # Verify absolute path to configuration file.

    cli_checkFiles ${CONFIG_ABSPATH}

    # Initialize configuration section name where the variable value

    # we want to to retrive is set in.

    local CONFIG_SECTION="$2"

    # Initialize variable name we want to retrive value from.

    local CONFIG_VARNAME="$3"

    # Verify configuration variable name. When no variable name is

    # provided print all configuration lines that can be considered

    # as well-formed paths. Be sure configuration variable name starts

    # just at the begining of the line.

    if [[ ! $CONFIG_VARNAME =~ '^[[:alnum:]_./-]+$' ]];then

        CONFIG_VARNAME='[[:alnum:]_./-]+='

    fi

    # Retrive configuration lines from configuration file.

    local CONFIG_LINES=$(cat ${CONFIG_ABSPATH} \

        | egrep -v '^#' \

        | egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' \

        | sed -r 's![[:space:]]*!!g' \

        | sed -r -n "/^\[${CONFIG_SECTION}\]$/,/^\[/p" \

        | egrep -v '^\[' | sort | uniq \

        | egrep "^${CONFIG_VARNAME}")

    # Output value related to variable name.

    echo "$CONFIG_LINES"

}