ini.remove_option
Remove a key/value pair from a section in an ini file. Returns the value of
the removed key, or ``None`` if nothing was removed.
API Example:
import salt
sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
sc.cmd('target', 'ini.remove_option',
[path_to_ini_file, section_name, option])
CLI Example:
salt '*' ini.remove_option /path/to/ini section_name option_name
ini.remove_section
Remove a section in an ini file. Returns the removed section as dictionary,
or ``None`` if nothing was removed.
API Example:
import salt
sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
sc.cmd('target', 'ini.remove_section',
[path_to_ini_file, section_name])
CLI Example:
salt '*' ini.remove_section /path/to/ini section_name
ini.get_ini
Retrieve whole structure from an ini file and return it as dictionary.
API Example:
import salt
sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
sc.cmd('target', 'ini.get_ini',
[path_to_ini_file])
CLI Example:
salt '*' ini.get_ini /path/to/ini
ini.get_option
Get value of a key from a section in an ini file. Returns ``None`` if
no matching key was found.
API Example:
import salt
sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
sc.cmd('target', 'ini.get_option',
[path_to_ini_file, section_name, option])
CLI Example:
salt '*' ini.get_option /path/to/ini section_name option_name
ini.get_section
Retrieve a section from an ini file. Returns the section as dictionary. If
the section is not found, an empty dictionary is returned.
API Example:
import salt
sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
sc.cmd('target', 'ini.get_section',
[path_to_ini_file, section_name])
CLI Example:
salt '*' ini.get_section /path/to/ini section_name
ini.set_option
Edit an ini file, replacing one or more sections. Returns a dictionary
containing the changes made.
file_name
path of ini_file
sections : None
A dictionary representing the sections to be edited ini file
The keys are the section names and the values are the dictionary
containing the options
If the ini file does not contain sections the keys and values represent
the options
separator : =
A character used to separate keys and values. Standard ini files use
the "=" character.
New in version 2016.11.0
API Example:
import salt
sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
sc.cmd('target', 'ini.set_option',
['path_to_ini_file', '{"section_to_change": {"key": "value"}}'])
CLI Example:
salt '*' ini.set_option /path/to/ini '{section_foo: {key: value}}'