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

(define (configf: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, exn=" exn)
	 #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

					((sect var)(conc "(lambda (ht)(configf:lookup ht \"" sect "\" \"" var "\"))"))
					(else
					 (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "#{get ...} used with only one parameter, \"" cmd "\", two needed.")
					 "(lambda (ht) #f)")))
				((runconfigs-get rget) (conc "(lambda (ht)(runconfigs-get ht \"" cmd "\"))"))
				;; ((rget)           (conc "(lambda (ht)(runconfigs-get ht \"" cmd "\"))"))
				(else "(lambda (ht)(print \"ERROR\") \"ERROR\")"))))
		;; (print "fullcmd=" fullcmd)
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn
		 (begin
		   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to process config input \"" l "\", exn=" exn)
		   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
		   ;; (print "exn=" (condition->list exn))
		   (set! result (conc "#{( " cmdtype ") " cmd "}, full expansion: " fullcmd)))
		 (if (or allow-system
			 (not (member cmdtype '("system" "shell" "sh"))))
		     (with-input-from-string fullcmd
		       (lambda ()
			 (set! result ((eval (read)) ht))))
		     (set! result (conc "#{(" cmdtype ") "  cmd "}"))))

;; post-section-procs alist of section-pattern => proc, where: (proc section-name next-section-name ht curr-path)
;; apply-wildcards: #t/#f - apply vars from targets with % wildcards to all matching sections
;;
(define (read-config path ht allow-system #!key (environ-patt #f)            (curr-section #f)   
		     (sections #f)              (settings (make-hash-table)) (keep-filenames #f)
		     (post-section-procs '())   (apply-wildcards #t) )
  (debug:print 9 *default-log-port* "START: " path)
;; (if *configdat*
;;     (common:save-pkt `((action . read-config)
;;       		 (f      . ,(cond ((string? path) path)
;;       				  ((port?   path) "port")
;;       				  (else (conc path))))
;;                        (T      . configf))
;;       	       *configdat* #t add-only: #t))
  (if (and (not (port? path))
	   (not (common:file-exists? path))) ;; for case where we are handed a port
      (begin 
	(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "read-config - file not found " path " current path: " (current-directory))
	;; WARNING: This is a risky change but really, we should not return an empty hash table if no file read?
	#f) ;; (if (not ht)(make-hash-table) ht))
      (let ((inp        (if (string? path)