NAME
    Config::Tiny - Read/Write .ini style files with as little code as
    possible

SYNOPSIS
        # In your configuration file
        rootproperty=blah

        [section]
        one=twp
        three= four
        Foo =Bar
        empty=

        # In your program
        use Config::Tiny;

        # Create a config
        my $Config = Config::Tiny->new();

        # Open the config
        $Config = Config::Tiny->read( 'file.conf' );

        # Reading properties
        my $rootproperty = $Config->{_}->{rootproperty};
        my $one = $Config->{section}->{one};
        my $Foo = $Config->{section}->{Foo};

        # Changing data
        $Config->{newsection} = { this => 'that' }; # Add a section
        $Config->{section}->{Foo} = 'Not Bar!';     # Change a value
        delete $Config->{_};                        # Delete a value or section

        # Save a config
        $Config->write( 'file.conf' );

DESCRIPTION
    Config::Tiny is a perl class to read and write .ini style configuration
    files with as little code as possible, reducing load time and memory
    overhead. Memory usage is normally scoffed at in Perl, but in my opinion
    should be at least kept in mind.

    This module is primarily for reading human written files, and anything
    we write shouldn't need to have documentation/comments. If you need
    something with more power, move up to Config::Simple, Config::General or
    one of the many other Config:: modules. To rephrase, Config::Tiny does
    not preserve your comments, whitespace, or the order of your config
    file.

CONFIGURATION FILE SYNTAX
    Files are the same as windows .ini files, for example.

            [section]
            var1=value1
            var2=value2

    If a property is outside of a section, it will be assigned to the root
    section, available at "$Config->{_}".

    Lines starting with '#' or ';' are comments, and blank lines are
    ignored.

    When writing back to the config file, any comments are discarded.

METHODS
  new()
    The constructor "new()" creates and returns an empty Config::Tiny
    object.

  read( $filename )
    The "read()" constructor reads a config file, and returns a new
    Config::Tiny object containing the properties in the file.

    Returns the object on success, or "undef" on error.

  read_string( $string );
    The "read_string()" takes as argument the contents of a config file as a
    string and returns the Config::Tiny object for it.

  write()
    The "write( $filename )" generates the file for the properties, and
    writes it to disk.

    Returns true on success or "undef" on error.

  write_string()
    Generates the file for the object and returns it as a string.

  errstr()
    When an error occurs, you can retrieve the error message either from the
    $Config::Tiny::errstr variable, or using the "errstr()" method.

SUPPORT
    Contact the author

TO DO
    I'm debating adding a get and set method to get or set a section.key
    based value...

    To make this smaller still, it could be implemented in C/XS, although
    this would destroy portability. I nominate the namespace Config::Tinier
    for this.

    Implementation is left as an exercise for the reader.

AUTHOR
            Adam Kennedy ( maintainer )
            cpan@ali.as
            http://ali.as/

    Thanks to Sherzod Ruzmetov <sherzodr@cpan.org> for Config::Simple, which
    inspired this module.

SEE ALSO
    Config::Simple, Config::General

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Adam Kennedy. All rights reserved. This program
    is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
    same terms as Perl itself.

    The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
    with this module.