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diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 4144454e5..4941abe83 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
'(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
general.add_option(
+ '--config-file',
+ dest='configfile', metavar='FILE',
+ help='File to read configuration from.')
+ general.add_option(
'--flat-playlist',
action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
default=False,
@@ -845,19 +849,29 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
return conf
command_line_conf = compat_conf(sys.argv[1:])
+ opts, args = parser.parse_args(command_line_conf)
if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
system_conf = []
user_conf = []
+ elif '--config-file' in command_line_conf:
+ if not os.path.isfile(opts.configfile):
+ parser.error('Config file {0} not found.'.format(opts.configfile))
+ else:
+ user_conf = _readOptions(opts.configfile)
+ system_conf = []
+
else:
system_conf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
if '--ignore-config' in system_conf:
user_conf = []
else:
user_conf = _readUserConf()
+
argv = system_conf + user_conf + command_line_conf
opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
if opts.verbose:
write_string('[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(system_conf)) + '\n')
write_string('[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(user_conf)) + '\n')