#!/bin/bash
#
# cli_getConfigValue.sh -- This function standardizes the way configuration
# files are retrieved from configuration files. As arguments, the
# configuration file absolute path, the configuration section name, and the
# configuration option name must be provided.
#
# Copyright (C) 2009-2013 The CentOS Project
#
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#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Id$
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
function cli_getConfigValue {

    # Initialize absolute path to configuration file.
    local CONFIG_ABSPATH="$1"

    # Initialize configuration section name where the variable value
    # we want to to retrieve is set in.
    local CONFIG_SECTION="$2"

    # Initialize variable name we want to retrieve value from.
    local CONFIG_OPTION="$3"

    # Retrieve configuration lines from configuration file.
    local CONFIG_LINES=$(cli_getConfigLines \
        "$CONFIG_ABSPATH" "$CONFIG_SECTION" "$CONFIG_OPTION")

    # Parse configuration lines to retrieve the values of variable
    # names.
    local CONFIG_VALUE=$(echo $CONFIG_LINES \
        | cut -d= -f2- \
        | sed -r -e 's/"//g' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' )

    # Output values related to variable name.
    echo "$CONFIG_VALUE"

}