---
name: "Test::Lintian::ConfigFile"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "lintian"
version: "2.122.0"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Test::Lintian::ConfigFile"
---

# Test::Lintian::ConfigFile(3)

## NAME

Test::Lintian::ConfigFile -- generic helper routines for colon-delimited configuration files

## SYNOPSIS

use Test::Lintian::ConfigFile qw(read\_config); my `$desc` = read\_config('t/tags/testname/desc');

## DESCRIPTION

Routines for dealing with colon-delimited configuration files.

## FUNCTIONS

- read\_config(PATH, HASHREF)

  Reads the configuration file located at PATH into a hash and returns it. When also passed a HASHREF, will fill that instead.

- write\_config(TEST\_CASE, PATH)

  Write the config described by hash reference TEST\_CASE to the file named PATH.