Default-Monitor = yes
Default-Description = Datawarehouse Server
Default-OS-Name = SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
Default-OS-Release = 2.6.4
Default-Service = 43610
Default-Mail-Group = dba
Threshold-ProcStats-Total = 95
Threshold-ProcStats-New = 200
Threshold-MemStats-SwapUsedPer = 50
Threshold-PgSwStats-SwapOut = 1
Threshold-LoadAVG-RunQueue = 20

sub read_config {
   my $file = shift;
   my $conf = {};
   my $line = 0;

   sysopen my $fh, $file, O_RDONLY or die "cannot open $file - $!";
   flock($fh,LOCK_SH);

   while (<$fh>) {
      $line++;
      next if /^\s*(#|$)/;

      chomp;
      s/\s*#.*$//;

      unless (/^\s*([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)\s*=\s*(.*)$/) {
         warn "errors in config file $file line $line detected";
         next;
      }

      my ($name,$value) = ($1,$2);

      # Verarbeitung des Parameters
      my @keys = split /-/, $name; # Parameter nach Keys splitten
      my $last = pop @keys;        # den letzten Key festhalten
      my $href = $conf;            # temporaere Referenz

      for (@keys) {
         $href->{$_} = {} unless exists $href->{$_};
         $href = $href->{$_};
      }

      $href->{$last} = $value;
   }

   close $fh;
   return $conf;
}