Re: [Boost-users] program_options - save configuration

From: Mikko Vainio (mivainio_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-06 01:42:48

Saving configuration in a human-readable text file would certainly be 
useful. It'd be nice to be able to write out a default parameter file 
containing all possible options, their default (=current?) values, and 
comments on each option (possibly including a list of permitted values).

//Mikko

Aljaz wrote:
> Also if you have lets say 30 program options, would that be stupid to write 
> all in command line?
> 
> It would be cool if I had GUI for user confguration, but its confusing if 
> user wants to edit serialized config file by himself.
> 
> 
> "Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:eshgoi$630$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
>> Hmmm - I'm wondering why you wouldn't use the seriailzation libary for 
>> this.
>>
>> Here is the scenario:
>>
>> take a program which uses program options.  Add one more option 
>> e.g -i<file name>
>>
>> On startup, check for -i switch.  If switch isn't used, process options 
>> and store
>> them in a class intance.  On program shutdown, save class instance toa 
>> file
>> using serialization.  If swith IS used, just load class instance from file 
>> using
>> serialization.
>>
>> Seems to me that the two libraries complement each other in this case.
>>
>> Robert Ramey
>>
>>
>> Aljaz wrote:
>>> I wonder if there are any functions in boost program options libary
>>> to save them back to configuration file?
>>>
>>> Maybe any example?
>>>
>>> Thanks for help 
> 
> 
> 
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