Function Initialize

shock-server/conf/conf.go:109–161

Initialize is an explicit init. Enables outside use of shock-server packages. Parses config and populates the conf variables.

()

// of shock-server packages. Parses config and populates
// the conf variables.
func Initialize() (err error) {

	for i, elem := range os.Args {
		if strings.HasPrefix(elem, "-conf") || strings.HasPrefix(elem, "--conf") {
			parts := strings.SplitN(elem, "=", 2)
			if len(parts) == 2 {
				CONFIG_FILE = parts[1]
			} else if i+1 < len(os.Args) {
				CONFIG_FILE = os.Args[i+1]
			} else {
				return errors.New("parsing command options, missing conf file")
			}
		}
	}

	var c *config.Config = nil
	if CONFIG_FILE != "" {
		c, err = config.ReadDefault(CONFIG_FILE)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.New("error reading conf file: " + err.Error())
		}
		fmt.Printf("read %s\n", CONFIG_FILE)
	} else {
		fmt.Printf("No config file specified.\n")
		c = config.NewDefault()
	}

	c_store, err := getConfiguration(c) // from config file and command line arguments
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("error reading conf file: " + err.Error())
	}

	// ####### at this point configuration variables are set ########

	err = parseConfiguration()
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("error parsing conf file: " + err.Error())
	}

	if FAKE_VAR == false {
		return errors.New("config was not parsed")
	}
	if PRINT_HELP || SHOW_HELP {
		c_store.PrintHelp()
		os.Exit(0)
	}
	if SHOW_VERSION {
		fmt.Printf("Shock version: %s\n", VERSION)
		os.Exit(0)
	}

	return
}

// Bool is a convenience wrapper around strconv.ParseBool
func Bool(s string) bool {