Re: [Boost-users] Cross platform library for reading/writing configuration files?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Cross platform library for reading/writing configuration files?
From: Andreas Masur (amasur_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-14 21:23:41

On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Jeff Dunlap wrote:

> I've used Windows specific functions for reading/writing  
> configuration (INI)
> files in my application and would like to know if there is a cross  
> platform
> library available that is recommended.
>
> I searched the boost libs for something and there are libs of course  
> that can
> achieve this with some programming, but I'd like to know if there is  
> something
> (boost or other library) with specific functionality to handle  
> reading/writing
> INI files.  Example:
>
> [General]
> Language=Français
>
> [Strings]
> String00001=Version
> String00002=Etes vous sûr ?
> String00003=Voulez-vous continuer ?

I am kind of curios why nobody mentioned it yet but isn't  
'Boost.Program_options' made for this....?

Ciao, Andreas