in3Utils.cfgUtils.readCompareConfig

readCompareConfig(iniFile, modName, compare, toPrint=True)[source]

Read and optionally compare configuration files (if a local and default are both provided) and inform user of the eventual differences. Take the default as reference.

Parameters

  • iniFile (path to config file) – Only one path if compare=False

  • compare (boolean) – True if two paths are provided and a comparison is needed

  • toPrint (boolean) – True (default) to print configuration to terminal. Differences to default will ALWAYS be printed

Returns

  • Output (ConfigParser object) – contains combined config

  • modDict (dict) – dictionary containing only differences from default