def cfg2dict(filename):
filename = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(filename))
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
cfg = SafeConfigParser()
cfg.read(filename)
ret = dict()
for secname in cfg.sections():
secdict = dict()
for k,v in cfg.get_items(secname):
secdict[k] = v
ret[secname] = secdict
return ret
