Hello: Before I get started on the code, is everyone OK with this? (patch to man page, which serves as spec...) Index: sensors.conf.5 =================================================================== --- sensors.conf.5 (revision 4062) +++ sensors.conf.5 (working copy) @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ not work within a comment, .B NAME or -.BR NUMBER . +.BR NUMBER , +nor can lines containing an include statement be continued. .RS bus @@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ ignore .B NAME .sp 0 +include +.B FILENAME +.sp 0 set .B NAME EXPR .RE @@ -71,6 +75,12 @@ Within quotes, you can use the normal escape\-codes from C. A +.B FILENAME +is a string. It may contain letters, digits, dots, dashes, underscores, +slashes and/or spaces only. A filename must always appear within double +quotes. + +A .B NAME\-LIST is one or more .B NAME @@ -300,6 +310,33 @@ The only argument is the feature name, which may be a feature class; in that case the label class is used (see below). +.SS INCLUDE STATEMENT +.RS +include "/etc/sensors/foo.conf" +.RE +.RS +include "sensors/foo.conf" +.RE +.RS +include "foo.conf" +.RE + +The +.I include +statement causes the program to continue reading configuration from the +named file. Upon reaching the end of the named file, the program will +continue reading configuration from the original file beginning with the +line after the +.I include +statement. + +If the filename is not absolute, then the program looks for the file in +the current working directory. + +Nesting of +.I include +statements is limited to a maximum of five levels. + .SS LABEL STATEMENT .RS label in3 "+5V" Regards, -- Mark M. Hoffman mhoffman at lightlink.com
