my.cnf parser

def self.parse_config(file)
    config = {}
    File.open(file).each_line do |line|
    	line.strip!

    	# skip comments
    	next if /^\#/.match(line)
    	# skip empty lines
    	next if /^\s*$/.match(line)

    	if(/^\[(.+?)\]/.match(line))
    		@group = $1.to_sym
    		config[@group] = Array.new
    		next
    	end

        if /^([\w\d\_\-]+)\s*(=*)\s*([\w\d:\_\/\.\-]*)$/.match(line)
        	param, value = $1, $3 
        	# if there was no value in line, value should be set to true
        	value = true if value.empty?
        	config[@group] << [param, value]
        end        
    
    end

    config
end