Hello fellow monks,

update: I want to create a config file that people who don't know perl can update or change variables....hence I want to stay away from '$' or '.'

Is there a way I can substitute variables in a config file?

so since I will be using the root variable in a lot of places in the config file, instead of repeating 'C:\test', is there an easier way to substitute that in pathnames that contain that everywhere? In this way if I change the value of root at one place....I won't need to change it everywhere it appears

In a config file if I have the following:

[path]

root = C:\test
code = C:\test\code1
[download]

Is there a way I can substitute variables and hence don't need to repeat them everywhere like:

[path]

root = C:\test
code = $root . "\code1"
[download]

Thank you.

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