How to create a config file to read dynamically

[Ulf Wiger]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Manjeet Singh wrote:

>I am working on a project, using erlang as the language, my
>requirement is that i want to create a config file which
>should be read at by the requesting task,at the run time
>with out stopping the system, how it is possible.

There are a number of possibilities, for example:

- Create a text file with one or more erlang terms, and
  read it with file:consult(File). You can generate
  such a file:

  store_config(Data, File) ->
    {ok,Fd} = file:open(File, [write]),
    io:fwrite(Fd, "p.~n", [Data]),
    file:close(Fd).

- Store configuration data in an ets table, and then call
  ets:tab2file(EtsTable, File). The file can be read with
  ets:file2tab(File), which re-creates the ets table.

- Store the configuration data using dets (disk-based hash
  tables.)

- Use the mnesia database.

/Uffe
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