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Add a flag to the executable to load a configuration file

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start at the executable's argument-parsing entry point and determine how configuration is currently loaded. The issue names no files or tests; done means the executable accepts a flag that loads the requested configuration file, including the thermald use case described.

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Description

On NixOS, this is needed (apparently, experimenting right now) to load a configuration file. This is needed in thermald for example https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix#L60

Dominant language
C
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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