How do I save settings as a hash in a external file?

Question

Can I somehow use this

settings = { 

   \'user1\' => { \'path\' => \'/\',\'days\' => \'5\' },
   \'user2\' => { \'path\' => \'/tmp/\',\'days\         


        

Answer 1

A really simple one is to use eval.

config.txt

{ 
   'user1' => { 'path' => '/','days' => '5' },
   'user2' => { 'path' => '/tmp/','days' => '3' }
}

program.rb

configuration = eval(File.read("./config.txt"))
puts configuration['user1']