                    the libgetconf configuration library
                       by Wouter Coene <wottie@dds.nl>
                 last updated: 30 Nov 1999, for version 0.1


>>> INTRODUCTION

The libgetconf configuration library is a universal library for reading
configuration files. I wrote it because I found that I was writing the same
configuration-reading code over and over again.

One major design issue with this library was size. libgetconf is about as
small as a decent configuration library can get.

This library is actually a complete rewrite of an older configuration
library I've written in the past, called 'getconf'. I had to rewrite it,
because the old library didn't understand escaping, and was getting way to
complex to handle.


>>> OVERVIEW

This library works a little different from all the other configuration
libraries lying around. Instead of trying to parse the data in your
configuration files, it simply passes the data on to a function in your own
program, wich can then handle the data.


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