Hi Jean: * Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> [2006-07-01 16:16:41 +0200]: > This doesn't sound like a very useful feature and might even be > considered a security problem. I would instead suggest that relative > filenames are resolved based on the directory the including file is > located in. It's not a security problem unless someone runs a libsensors program suid root (which we don't). But your suggestion is good anyway... not least because it matches the expectation of C programmers. ;) Thanks and regards, 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 +310,34 @@ 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 has no path or a relative path, then the program looks for +the file starting from the same directory in which the original file is +located. (I.e. this matches the expectation of C programmers.) + +Nesting of +.I include +statements is limited to a maximum of five levels. + .SS LABEL STATEMENT .RS label in3 "+5V" -- Mark M. Hoffman mhoffman at lightlink.com
