[augeas-devel] How to use the generic IniFile module?

[Raphaël Pinson]

Hello,

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Biltong <biltong at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Is it possible to list all lenses that Augeas supports?


Yes, in augtool you can use:

augtool> print /augeas//incl

which will list all include paths. Beware that there's also "excl"
nodes for exclusions on wildcards.


>
> I'd like to edit a .ini file without defining a new lens. When I try, I
> get an error:
>
> augtool> set /augeas/load/IniFile/lens inifile
> augtool> set /augeas/load/IniFile/incl /some/file.ini
> augtool> load
> error: Lens not found
> error: Can not find lens inifile
>
> I can see a inifile.aug in /usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist
>
> What's going on? Thanks.


As Dominic already said, inifile.aug is a generic lens used to build
IniFile lenses, since IniFiles are not standard.


Raphaël