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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# Example demonstrating how to use the configuration/commandline system
+# for object setup.
+
+# This parses the given config file in 'ISC' style where the sections
+# represent object instances and shows how to iterate over the sections.
+# Pass it the sample apt-ftparchive configuration,
+# doc/examples/ftp-archive.conf
+# or a bind8 config file..
+
+import sys
+
+import apt_pkg
+
+ConfigFile = apt_pkg.parse_commandline(apt_pkg.config, [], sys.argv)
+
+if len(ConfigFile) != 1:
+    print("Must have exactly 1 file name")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+Cnf = apt_pkg.Configuration()
+apt_pkg.read_config_file_isc(Cnf, ConfigFile[0])
+
+# Print the configuration space
+# print "The Configuration space looks like:"
+# for item in Cnf.keys():
+#   print "%s \"%s\";" % (item, Cnf[item])
+
+# bind8 config file..
+if "Zone" in Cnf:
+    print("Zones: ", Cnf.sub_tree("zone").list())
+    for item in Cnf.list("zone"):
+        SubCnf = Cnf.sub_tree(item)
+        if SubCnf.find("type") == "slave":
+            print(
+                "Masters for {}: {}".format(
+                    SubCnf.my_tag(), SubCnf.value_list("masters")
+                )
+            )
+else:
+    print("Tree definitions:")
+    for item in Cnf.list("tree"):
+        SubCnf = Cnf.sub_tree(item)
+        # This could use Find which would eliminate the possibility of
+        # exceptions.
+        print(
+            "Subtree %s with sections '%s' and architectures '%s'"
+            % (SubCnf.my_tag(), SubCnf["Sections"], SubCnf["Architectures"])
+        )