Megatest

(define (configf:section-var-set! cfgdat section-name var value #!key (metadata #f))
  (hash-table-set! cfgdat section-name
		   (config:assoc-safe-add
		    (hash-table-ref/default cfgdat section-name '())
		    var value metadata: metadata)))

(define (config:eval-string-in-environment str)
  ;; (if (or (string-null? str)
  ;;	  (equal? "!" (substring str 0 1))) ;; null string or starts with ! are preserved but NOT set in the environment
      str
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "problem evaluating \"" str "\" in the shell environment")
     #f)
   (let ((cmdres (process:cmd-run->list (conc "echo " str))))
     (if (null? cmdres) ""
	 (caar cmdres)))))
      (handle-exceptions
       exn
       (begin
	 (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "problem evaluating \"" str "\" in the shell environment")
	 #f)
       (let ((cmdres (process:cmd-run->list (conc "echo " str))))
	 (if (null? cmdres) ""
	     (caar cmdres))))) ;; )

;;======================================================================
;; Make the regexp's needed globally available
;;======================================================================

(define configf:include-rx (regexp "^\\[include\\s+(.*)\\]\\s*$"))
(define configf:script-rx  (regexp "^\\[scriptinc\\s+(\\S+)([^\\]]*)\\]\\s*$")) ;; include output from a script

                                     (loop (configf:read-line inp res
                                                              (calc-allow-system allow-system curr-section-name sections)
                                                              settings)
                                           curr-section-name key #f)))
               
	       (configf:key-val-pr ( x key unk1 val unk2 )
                                   (let* ((alist   (hash-table-ref/default res curr-section-name '()))
                                          (envar   (and environ-patt (string-search (regexp environ-patt) curr-section-name)))
                                          (envar   (and environ-patt
							(string-search (regexp environ-patt) curr-section-name) ;; does the section match the envionpatt?
							(and (not (string-null? key))(equal? "!" (substring key 0 1))))) ;; ! as leading character is a signature to NOT export to the environment
                                          (realval (if envar
                                                       (config:eval-string-in-environment val)
                                                       val)))
                                     (debug:print-info 6 *default-log-port* "read-config env setting, envar: " envar " realval: " realval " val: " val " key: " key " curr-section-name: " curr-section-name)
                                     (if envar (safe-setenv key realval))
                                     (debug:print 10 *default-log-port* "   setting: [" curr-section-name "] " key " = " val)
                                     (hash-table-set! res curr-section-name