Add a script for extracting field values from the build config,

for use in shell scripts and the like.

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/query-config b/scripts/query-config
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright (C) 2015 VyOS maintainers and contributors
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# File: query-config
+# Purpose: Extracts field values from the build config,
+#          for use in languages that can't handle JSON easily,
+#          (I'm looking at you, Bourne shell!)
+
+
+import sys
+import json
+
+import defaults
+import util
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print("Usage: {0} <config field name>".format(sys.argv[0]))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+util.check_build_config()
+with open(defaults.BUILD_CONFIG, 'r') as f:
+     build_config = json.load(f)
+
+print(build_config[sys.argv[1]])