API to remove a config setting

diff --git a/lib/config.py b/lib/config.py
index 7974d3e..c4f901f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/config.py
+++ b/lib/config.py
@@ -73,6 +73,26 @@ class Conf(object):
                except:
                        raise Exception('Could not load config file %s' % fn)
 
+       def remove(self, name):
+               """Remove a setting"""
+               name = unicode(name).split('.')
+               count = len(name)
+               data = self.data
+               for i in range(count):
+                       n = name[i]
+                       if i == count -1:
+                               try:
+                                       del data[n]
+                               except:
+                                       pass
+                               break
+                       else:
+                               try:
+                                       data = data[n]
+                               except:
+                                       break
+               self.save()
+
        def save(self):
                """Save the settings to the config file"""
                try: