Program initialization data

[CaKiwi]

I am wondering if there is a standard way to store program initialization data on Linux, in the same way that windows programs use the registry. It seems that some programs use an initialization file with section names in square brackets followed by lines in the form option = data. Is this the "standard" way to do it and, if so, are there any routines that I can include in my program to simplify implementation? I have only a limited amount of data so another possibility would be to use environmental variables. I am using GCC on Mandrake 8.1.
Thanks in advance. CaKiwi

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Mostly text config files are used - similar to windows .ini file before the dreaded registry.

However, there is also a gnome component called GConf which is much more like the M$ 'registry' than the .conf files -->

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gconf/index.html

Hope this helps