This is libConfuse, a library for parsing configuration files. It was called libcfg before, but was changed to not confuse with other similar libraries.
See the INSTALL file for installation instructions. By default, only a static library is built. Specify --enable-shared to the configure script to also build a shared library.
With libtool 1.4.2 (and/or automake 1.6.3) there is a problem building the sources. The libtool script expects the environment variable SED to point to a usable sed binary, but this variable does not get set. You'll have to do a "export SED=sed" (if using bash) or "setenv SED sed" (if using csh) before running make.
Documentation can be built by running doxygen in the top-level directory. It is also available at http://www.nongnu.org/confuse/manual/.
There is a project page at http://sv.nongnu.org/projects/confuse. Report bugs to <confuse-devel@nongnu.org>
TODO
- add list support for simple values
- make thread safe