ini_section()
{
        local sec="$1"
        cat "$inifile" |
                cut -d\# -f1 |
                tr -s '\n' '\n' |
                sed -n "/\[$sec\]/,/\[/ p" |
                grep -v '\['
}

ini_value()
{
	local path=$1
	local sec=`echo $1 | sed 's/\.[^.]\+$//'`
	local key=`echo $1 | sed 's/.*\.//'`

#	echo "path=>$path<"
#	echo "sec=>$sec<"
#	echo "key=>$key<"

	if [ "$key" = "$path" ]; then
		ini_section $path
		return 0
	fi

	ini_section $sec | sed "
		/^ *$key *=/ !d
		s/^ *$key *= *//
		s/ *$//
	"
}

ini_escape()
{
	cat | sed '
		s/\$/\\$/g
		s/`/\\\`/g
	'
}