This ruby module will parse a .conf file, here is how it works:

Start up irb

$ irb

Load the config_parser.rb file and module

The config_parser.rb file need to be located in the same directory you run irb from

> load "config_parser.rb"

> include ConfigParser

Run the parse_it method and assign it to a params variable

The .conf file need to be in the same directory you are running irb from

> params = parse_it("test.conf")

Test it

> parms["host"] returns "test.com"

> params["server_id"] returns 55331 (a proper integer)

> params["server_load_alarm"] returns 2.5 (a proper float)

all true/yes/on values return the proper true

all false/no/off values return the proper false