my $configMaps = $configTree->findnodes("/MAPS")->shift();
-# obsolete stuff ... :D
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-# # initialize the xml parser
-# my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
-# # read in the JTAG specification file
-# print VERBOSE "parsing specifications file...\n";
-# my $specTree = $parser->parse_file($specFile);
-#
-#
-# # create a new tree document that will become the decoded config file
-# my $configTree = XML::LibXML->createDocument;
-#
-# # create standard content
-#
-# $specFile =~ m/([^\/]+\.xml)$/;
-# my $specFileName = $1;
-#
-# my $configMaps = $configTree->createElementNS( "", "MAPS" );
-# $configTree->setDocumentElement($configMaps);
-#
-# my $specMaps = $specTree->findnodes("/MAPS")->shift();
-#
-# my $mapsType = $specMaps->findvalue("./\@type");
-#
-# $configMaps->setAttribute( "type", $mapsType );
-# $configMaps->setAttribute( "specDbFile", $specFileName );
-#
-# # done doing standard content
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# open the ini file, decode the ini file
print VERBOSE "opening ini file...\n";