Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/ConfigInit.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/ConfigInit.c	(revision 4833)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/ConfigInit.c	(revision 7892)
@@ -42,2 +42,24 @@
   return (ptr);
 }
+
+char *VarConfigEntry (char *keyword, char *mode, int entry, void *ptr) {
+
+  char *answer;
+
+  answer = get_variable (keyword);
+  if (answer == (char *) NULL) {
+    answer = ScanConfig (GlobalConfig, keyword, mode, entry, ptr);
+    return (answer);
+  }
+
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%s"))  strcpy ((char *) ptr, answer);
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%d"))  *(int *) ptr       = atoi (answer);
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%u"))  *(unsigned *) ptr  = atoi (answer);
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%ld")) *(long *) ptr      = atoi (answer);
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%hd")) *(short *) ptr     = atoi (answer);
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%f"))  *(float *) ptr     = atof (answer);
+  if (!strcmp (mode, "%lf")) *(double *) ptr    = atof (answer);
+
+  free (answer);
+  return (ptr);
+}