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#!/bin/bash
#
# cli_getConfigValue.sh -- This function retrives configuration values
# from configuration files. As arguments, the configuration file
# absolute path, the configuration section name, and the configuration
# variable name must be provided.
#
# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011 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.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Id$
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 retrive is set in.
local CONFIG_SECTION="$2"
# Initialize variable name we want to retrive value from.
local CONFIG_VARNAME="$3"
# Retrive configuration lines from configuration file.
local CONFIG_LINES=$(cli_getConfigLines \
"$CONFIG_ABSPATH" "$CONFIG_SECTION" "$CONFIG_VARNAME")
# Parse configuration lines to retrive the values of variable
# names.
local CONFIG_VARVALUE=$(echo $CONFIG_LINES \
| gawk 'BEGIN { FS="=" } { print $2 }' \
| sed -r 's/^"(.*)"$/\1/')
# Output values related to variable name.
echo "$CONFIG_VARVALUE"
}