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[David Verdin <address@concealed>]

Hi chris,

The right library to use is "List.pm". It contains all the functions 
necessary to load and write a list config. Note that thi library uses 
other libraries, mentionned in the "use" clauses.

Here is an example of code that should do it (more or less, I took it 
from sympa.pl and may have forgotten something):

my $config_file = "full path to your sympa.conf file";
## Load configuration file. Ignoring database config for now: it avoids 
trying to load a database that could not exist yet.
unless (Conf::load($config_file,1)) {
  &fatal_err("Configuration file $config_file has errors.");
}
## Apply defaults to %List::pinfo
&List::_apply_defaults();
## going to the Sympa install directory
if (!chdir($Conf{'home'})) {
  fatal_err("Can't chdir to %s: %m", $Conf{'home'});
  ## Function never returns.
}
#Now opening the list and editing the config
my $list = new List ('listname');
$list->{'admin'}{'list_prameter_name'} = "new_value"; #note that if the 
parameter is a hash or an array, the value setting will be more coplex.
my $email = 'your_email_address';#that's the email of the person 
updating the config
$list->save_config($email);

In addition, I want to submit to your addition the sympa list families 
(https://www.sympa.org/manual/list-families). It provides a solution to 
have lists whose configuration can be updated by groups, according to 
constraints and data found in XML files.
It is worth a look if you want to modify a large number of list at once.

Cheers,

David

Chris Pax a écrit :
> using perl,
> i would like to read in a list configuration file, in to an array or object,
> change or add a parameter,
> and then write out the changes to the configuration file.
>
> what do I include from your code?
> and can you provide a example of using it?
>
>
> thanks,
>
>   

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David Verdin
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