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Re: Config & ConfigParser

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Date 2013-03-06 15:19 +1100
Subject Re: Config & ConfigParser
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess my question was more what is a config.file & why/how do I use one.
> Thanks

In its simplest form, a config file is one way to change a program's
behaviour without editing the code. They're helpful when you want to
be able to run the same program in different ways, or when you want to
let someone else change what the program does without having to edit
code (and without the changes getting overwritten by a program
update). There are innumerable file formats that can be used.

ChrisA

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Config & ConfigParser Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> - 2013-03-05 12:09 -0800
  Re: Config & ConfigParser Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-03-05 15:17 -0600
    Re: Config & ConfigParser Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> - 2013-03-05 15:58 -0800
      Re: Config & ConfigParser Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-03-05 18:15 -0600
        Re: Config & ConfigParser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-06 04:04 +0000
  Re: Config & ConfigParser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-06 03:31 +0000
    Re: Config & ConfigParser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 15:05 +1100
      Re: Config & ConfigParser Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-03-07 16:18 +0000
    Re: Config & ConfigParser Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> - 2013-03-05 20:07 -0800
      Re: Config & ConfigParser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 15:19 +1100
        Re: Config & ConfigParser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-06 04:54 +0000
          Re: Config & ConfigParser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 17:09 +1100

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