editreg command files

[Richard Sharpe]

Hi,

Having thought about this issue a little more, I propose using a format 
similar to REGEDIT4. Indeed, for compatibility, I propose that editreg be 
able to process REGEDIT4 files, and that I specify an EDITREG1.0 file 
format as well.

REGEDIT4 seems to have the syntax:

REGEDIT4

\[[-]<key>\]
"<value-name>"=[-]|"<value-expression>"

Where a - in front of a key name serves to delete that key, otherwise it 
is added, and a - after the equal sign serves to delete that value name. I 
would imagine that an empty value name signifies the default value.

Since I also want to be able to deal with renaming keys, and 
adding/changing security, the EDITREG1.0 format will be similar to the 
above, except:

EDITREG1.0

\[[<k-cmd>:]<key>[:<new-name>]\]
[S:<s-cmd>:<sec-expression>[:<new-sec-exp>]]
[V:<v-cmd>:<val-expression>]

... 

k-cmd ::= A | D | R # Add, Delete, Rename
s-kmd ::= A | I<n> | D | C # Add, Insert at n, Delete, Change

and so on ...

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, 
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com