open(CONF," conf.file");
while(<CONF>) {
	($variablecmd,$variablename,$newdata) = split(/ /, $_);
	if ($variablecmd eq "setVariable") {
		#create new variable named the current value of $variablename
	} elsif ($variablecmd eq "catVariable") {
		#assign data to varaible named $variablename
	}
}
close(CONF);