import configparser, logging, argparse, os cwd = os.environ.get('TILDE_CONF') if cwd is None: cwd = os.getcwd() + "/applicationsconfig.ini" else: if os.path.isfile(cwd) is False: cwd = os.getcwd() + "/applicationsconfig.ini" # cwd is now either cwd/applicationsconfig or $TILDE_CONF argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Tilde administration tools') argparser.add_argument('-c', '--config', default=cwd, type=str, help='Path to configuration file', required=False) # store_true just stores true when the command is supplied, so it doesn't need choices nor types argparser.add_argument('-u', '--unapproved', default=False, action="store_true", help='only unapproved users. Default is only approved.', required=False) argparser.add_argument('-a', '--approved', default=False, action="store_true", help="Only approved Users.", required=False) args = argparser.parse_args() CONF_FILE = args.config config = configparser.ConfigParser() config.read(CONF_FILE) logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s: %(message)s", level=int(config['LOG_LEVEL']['log_level']) ) del cwd REG_FILE = config['DEFAULT']['applications_db']