From df19b1c8a0f5626d6b58e779de78b3b3edf46d0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Zolliker <markus.zolliker@psi.ch>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 08:15:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow inline comments with '#' in box cfg files

---
 cfg/linse-leiden.cfg | 4 ++--
 listboxes            | 2 +-
 utils.py             | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cfg/linse-leiden.cfg b/cfg/linse-leiden.cfg
index 9a8954c..8bc1f55 100644
--- a/cfg/linse-leiden.cfg
+++ b/cfg/linse-leiden.cfg
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ eth3=192.168.127.254
 5900=192.168.2.2:5900
 
 [FRAPPY]
-cfg=demo   # the cfg file for the frappy server
-port=5000   # the port for the frappy server
+cfg=demo  # config file
+port=5000  # port
diff --git a/listboxes b/listboxes
index 28e5e40..d616ad6 100755
--- a/listboxes
+++ b/listboxes
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ all_ports = {}
 for file in sorted(cfgdir.glob('*.cfg')):
     name = file.stem
     all_ports[name] = box_ports = {}
-    parser = ConfigParser()
+    parser = ConfigParser(inline_comment_prefixes=('#',))
     parser.read(file)
     info = {k: dict(parser[k]) for k in parser.sections()}
     router = info.get('ROUTER', {})
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index f3c4e96..de306e0 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class BoxInfo:
             self.cfgfile = cfgfiles[0]
         else:
             return {}
-        parser = ConfigParser()
+        parser = ConfigParser(inline_comment_prefixes=('#',))
         parser.read(self.cfgfile)
         if section:
             if section in parser.sections():