2 files changed, 38 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/_.lua b/_.lua
index 4de9923..3a92350 100755
--- a/_.lua
+++ b/_.lua
@@ -25,24 +25,43 @@ E = function(s)	print('ERROR    ' .. s); io.flush() end
 C = function(s) print('CRITICAL ' .. s); io.flush() end
 
 
-_.parse = function(args, options)
---[[ TODO - use this for config files as well.
-    An optional argument, the base config file name to look for.  In this order, with later ones overriding earlier ones -
-        defaults from the options table
-        /etc/base.conf.lua
-        ~/.base.conf.lua
-        command line arguments
-]]
+_.parse = function(args, options, confFile)
     local o = nil
+
+    local doIt = function(name, val, a, args, i)
+            local o = options[name]
+            if nil ~= o then
+                if nil ~= val then o.value = val; D(name .. ' = ' .. tostring(val)) end
+                if nil ~= o.func then o:func(a, args, i) end
+            end
+        return o
+    end
+
+    if nil ~= confFile then
+        for i,v in ipairs{'/etc/', '~/.', './.'} do
+            local p = v .. confFile .. '.conf.lua'
+            local h, e = io.open(p, "r")
+            if nil ~= h then
+                D('Found configuration file '.. p)
+                h:close()
+                local ar = dofile(p)
+                for k, w in pairs(ar) do
+                    o = doIt(k, w, k .. '=' .. tostring(w), args, i)
+                    if nil == o then E('config variable not found ' .. k .. ' = ' .. tostring(w)) end
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
     if 0 ~= #args then
         for i,a in ipairs(args) do
-            local s, e = a:find("=")
-            if nil == s then e = 0 end
-            opt = a:sub(1, e - 1)
-            o = options[opt]
             D('Argument ' .. i .. ' = ' .. a)
-            if nil ~= o then
-                if nil ~= o.func then o:func(a, args, i) end
+            local s, e = a:find("=")
+            if nil == s then
+                e = 0
+                o = doIt(a:sub(1, e - 1), nil, a, args, i)
+            else
+                o = doIt(a:sub(1, e - 1), a:sub(e + 1, -1), a, args, i)
             end
         end
     end
diff --git a/test_.lua b/test_.lua
index b5348f0..5876ed9 100755
--- a/test_.lua
+++ b/test_.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This is part of the blah blah blah...
 
 local options =
 {
-    start =     {help = 'Command to start the scanning process, for Sys V init.',},
+    start =     {help = 'Command to start the scanning process, for Sys V init.', value = 'blah'},
     restart = {start},
     ['force-reload'] = {start},
     status =    {help = 'Command to check the status of the scanning process, for Sys V init.',},
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ local options =
     ['--help'] = {help},
 }
 
-_.parse(arg, options)
+print("start = " .. options.start.value)
+_.parse(arg, options, 'test_')
+print("start = " .. options.start.value)
+print("stop = " .. options.stop.value)