Questions tagged [configparser]

ConfigParser is a Python module for reading and writing configuration files that have a structure similar to those of INI files in Microsoft Windows.

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Parsing a Moses config file

Given a config file as such from the Moses Machine Translation Toolkit: ######################### ### MOSES CONFIG FILE ### ######################### # input factors [input-factors] 0 # mapping steps [mapping] 0 T 0 [distortion-limit] 6 #…
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Why isn't "is not" working with ConfigParser.sections() in a list comprehension?

I have the following code: #!/usr/bin/python3 import configparser config = configparser.ConfigParser() config.read('bindslash.ini') print([name for name in config.sections() if name is not 'bindslash']) bindslash.ini looks like…
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Python ConfigParser won't run from command line

Python script runs successfully within IDE, but has ConfigParser error when attempted to run via command line. The error: raise NoOptionError(option, section) ConfigParser.NoOptionError: No option 'password' in section: 'database' The…
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Modifying python variables based on config file entries

Relative Python newbie, and I'm writing a script that takes as its input a csv file, splits it into its constituent fields line-by-line and spits it out in another format. What I have so far generally works very well. Each incoming csv line has…
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configparser.configparser() reads sections() from multiple files

My example files: File01 [sectionf1] Keyf1=Valf1 File02 [sectionf2] Keyf2=Valf2 File03 [sectionf3] Keyf3=Valf3 [sectionf31] Keyf31=Valf31 File04 [sectionf4] Keyf4=Valf4 Code (Python 3.2, Debian Wheezy 7.9): import sys, os, shutil, configparser,…
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Parse a config-file with Python having more then one variable with the same name

Is there a way to parse a config file like this with Python3? path = .MyAppData prefer = newer path = Dokumente Please don't blame me. ;) I didn't build the software producing config files like this. But they make sense in that special context. I…
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Running syncdb in django after converting to ConfigParser

So I recently converted my django database settings to use a settings.ini file per the guide found here My issue is that now syncdb has stopped working for new deployments: Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 10, in
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update /etc/sysctl.conf with Python's ConfigParser

I am able to use Python's ConfigParser library to read /etc/sysctl.conf by adding a [dummy] section and overriding ConfigParser's read() method as follows: class SysctlConfigParser(ConfigParser.ConfigParser): def read(self, fn): text =…
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Pyinstaller doesn't generate my file config-file

I'm using Pyinstaller to make an .app bundle on Mac OS X, my app generates a config.ini, the script version worked flawlessly, but when it's an .app, it doesn't work. I'm using ConfigParser to read and write. I'm using Pyside for GUI. It doesn't…
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Reading python ttk Styles from configuration file

Using python ttk and the ConfigParser leads me to the following issue. I want to use a Configuration File to make Styles adaptable during usage for every user - not only the ones with access to the sources. Using the ttk-styles inside my python…
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ConfigParser overwriting the content of config file

I am having a problem when writing to a config file. I have two Python scripts that read and write to the same file. the problem is when I write to it from one script it overwrites the content from the other script. Here is my code: authfile =…
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Subclass of ConfigParser has no attribute _sections

I am trying to subclass ConfigParser. When trying to access _sections it says 'acc' object has no attribute '_sections' Example Code(python 2.7): import ConfigParser class acc(object, ConfigParser.RawConfigParser): def __init__(self,…
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Python - How to change the name of a section use configparser?

Here is my ini file [456789a] IP=192.168.1.73 AGENTID=1 NEEDSYNCDEFBAK=-1 GROUP=5 [123456] IP=192.168.1.73 AGENTID=2 NEEDSYNCDEFBAK=-1 GROUP=2 So..Can I just use configparser to change the name of a section(like..456789a)? if can't, here is another…
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Reading a string as a config value using ConfigParser

I'm trying to write a utility that will let me set commands to run in a unix shell, based off config files. Essentially, I want to be able to give a [Command List] and an expected [Response List].. Here's an example of one of my config files: #…
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Using configparser for text read from URL using urllib2

I have to read a txt ini file from my browser. [this is required] res = urllib2.urlopen(URL) inifile = res.read() Then I want to basically use this the same way as I would have read any txt file. config =…
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