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55 lines
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% Module and documentation by Eric S. Raymond, 21 Dec 1998
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\section{\module{netrc} ---
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netrc file processing}
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\declaremodule{standard}{netrc}
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% Note the \protect needed for \file... ;-(
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\modulesynopsis{Loading of \protect\file{.netrc} files.}
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\moduleauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
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\sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
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\versionadded{1.5.2}
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The \class{netrc} class parses and encapsulates the netrc file format
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used by the \UNIX{} \program{ftp} program and other FTP clients.
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\begin{classdesc}{netrc}{\optional{file}}
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A \class{netrc} instance or subclass instance enapsulates data from
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a netrc file. The initialization argument, if present, specifies the
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file to parse. If no argument is given, the file \file{.netrc} in the
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user's home directory will be read. Parse errors will raise
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\exception{SyntaxError} with diagnostic information including the file
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name, line number, and terminating token.
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\end{classdesc}
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\subsection{netrc Objects \label{netrc-objects}}
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A \class{netrc} instance has the following methods:
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\begin{methoddesc}{authenticators}{host}
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Return a 3-tuple \code{(\var{login}, \var{account}, \var{password})}
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of authenticators for \var{host}. If the netrc file did not
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contain an entry for the given host, return the tuple associated with
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the `default' entry. If neither matching host nor default entry is
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available, return \code{None}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{__repr__}{host}
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Dump the class data as a string in the format of a netrc file.
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(This discards comments and may reorder the entries.)
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\end{methoddesc}
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Instances of \class{netrc} have public instance variables:
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\begin{memberdesc}{hosts}
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Dictionmary mapping host names to \code{(\var{login}, \var{account},
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\var{password})} tuples. The `default' entry, if any, is represented
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as a pseudo-host by that name.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{macros}
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Dictionary mapping macro names to string lists.
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\end{memberdesc}
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