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...ing a tcl/tk gui tool to wrap around RMySQL for some co-workers. One function is to be able to add, modify, and remove entries to my.cnf, which is where RMySQL stores database connection information in the following format: [connection_name] # comment user = $username password = $password host = $hostname_or_ip database = $which_database_to_use I'm seeking advice as to a good way to read and write to this file. Since I'm assuming that I will control the format of the entries via the interface I provide to the users, I could simply use scan() to read the contents of my.cnf into a list and then pe...