Re: Perl module for automating the modification of config files?


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Re: Perl module for automating the modification of config files?

by Arunbear (Prior)

on Oct 04, 2020 at 14:07 UTC ( [id://11122534]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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This problem space is called configuration management and there are a number of tools being used for this e.g. Ansible, Salt, Puppet etc.

Rex is the only one implemented in Perl that I know of (not sure how much that matters though).

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Re^2: Perl module for automating the modification of config files?
by LanX (Saint) on Oct 05, 2020 at 12:26 UTC

fixed versions.

I suppose the actual management of config files is primarily done with templates° and must - if properly done - be adjusted for every new software version. This pays off when scalability matters.

But the ability to adjust to an extended config file of a new version for a single installation will be limited, especially if it comes in the OP's shown form of a default cfg where one is supposed to uncomment options.

In this case