Add option '-k' for overriding config options

[offlineimap] / offlineimap / init.py

diff --git a/offlineimap/init.py b/offlineimap/init.py
index 9824f055036b629f75d21ed85334c54dfc628ca1..d901864929f6c30e61f9f947c1ca2142bc7a1b55 100644 (file)
--- a/offlineimap/init.py
+++ b/offlineimap/init.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def startup(versionno):
         sys.stdout.write(version.getcmdhelp() + "\n")
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    for optlist in getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'P:1oqa:c:d:l:u:h')[0]:
+    for optlist in getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'P:1oqa:c:d:l:u:hk:')[0]:
         options[optlist[0]] = optlist[1]
 
     if options.has_key('-h'):
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ def startup(versionno):
 
     config.read(configfilename)
 
+    # override config values with option '-k'
+    for option in options.keys():
+        if option == '-k':
+            (key, value) = options['-k'].split('=', 1)
+            if ':' in key:
+                (secname, key) = key.split(':', 1)
+                section = secname.replace("_", " ")
+            else:
+                section = "general"
+            config.set(section, key, value)
+
     ui = offlineimap.ui.detector.findUI(config, options.get('-u'))
     UIBase.setglobalui(ui)