Generic modularized configuration file manager
Project description
The update-dotdee program makes it very easy to manage (configuration) files with modular contents in the style of Debian and dotdee. The program takes the pathname of an existing file and updates that file based on the contents of the files in the directory with the same name as the file but ending in .d. For example:
peter@macbook> sudo update-dotdee /etc/hosts 2013-07-06 19:32:03 macbook INFO Reading file: /etc/hosts.d/1-local 2013-07-06 19:32:03 macbook INFO Reading file: /etc/hosts.d/2-work 2013-07-06 19:32:03 macbook INFO Reading file: /etc/hosts.d/3-ipv6 2013-07-06 20:59:24 macbook INFO Checking for local changes to /etc/hosts 2013-07-06 19:32:03 macbook INFO Writing file: /etc/hosts
If the given file exists but the corresponding directory does not exist yet, the directory is created and the file is moved into the directory so that its existing contents are preserved. If the generated file has been modified since the last run, update-dotdee will refuse to overwrite its contents (unless you use the --force option).
Usage
An example of the basic usage is given above. You can install the update-dotdee program by executing the following command:
pip install update-dotdee
Contact
The latest version of update-dotdee is available on PyPi and GitHub. For bug reports please create an issue on GitHub. If you have questions, suggestions, etc. feel free to send me an e-mail at peter@peterodding.com.
License
This software is licensed under the MIT license.
© 2013 Peter Odding.
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