Broke the code some more and created some helper functions for parsing a

config tree.

src/config.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,35 @@ use std::{
 	io::Read,
 	fs::read_dir,
 };
-use toml::value::Value;
+use toml::{
+	value::Value,
+	map::Map,
+};
+
+fn parse_toml_to_table(path: PathBuf)
+	-> Result<Map<String, Value>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+	// I once read that this multiple let style 
+	// is the "rusty" way to do things.
+	// Personally, I find this specific instance to be somewhat sketchy.
+	let mut config = String::new();
+	std::fs::File::open(path)?
+		.read_to_string(&mut config)?;
+	let mut config = config.parse::<Value>()?;
+	// The important thing here is that config is a mut Table in the end.
+	Ok(config.as_table_mut().unwrap().clone())
+}
+
+fn merge_config_maps(mut receiver: Map<String, Value>, donor: Map<String, Value>) 
+	-> Result<Map<String, Value>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+	for key in donor.keys() {
+		if receiver.contains_key(&key.clone()) {
+			receiver[&key.clone()] = donor[key].clone();
+		} else {
+			receiver.insert(key.clone(), donor[key].clone());
+		}
+	}
+	Ok(receiver)
+}
 
 fn parse_server_dir(mut config: Value, server_config_path: PathBuf) 
 	-> Result<Value, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -29,9 +57,22 @@ fn parse_server_dir(mut config: Value, server_config_path: PathBuf)
 		for entry in read_dir(server_config_path)? {
 			let entry = entry?;
 			match entry.file_name().to_str().ok_or("Could not read file name")? {
-				"config.toml" => (),
-				"clients.toml" => (),
-				"channels.toml" => (),
+				"config.toml" => {
+					let server_config = parse_toml_to_table(entry.path())?;
+					config = merge_config_maps(config, server_config)?;
+				},
+				"clients.toml" => {
+					let client_config = parse_toml_to_table(entry.path())?;
+					config = merge_config_maps(config, client_config)?;
+				},
+				"channels.toml" => {
+					let channels = Value::from(parse_toml_to_table(entry.path())?);
+					if config.contains_key(&"channels".to_owned()) {
+						config[&"channels".to_owned()] = channels;
+					} else {
+						config.insert("channels".to_owned(), channels);
+					}
+				},
 				_ => (),
 			}
 		}
@@ -45,17 +86,8 @@ fn parse_server_dir(mut config: Value, server_config_path: PathBuf)
 // TODO: Document config file options once they are stable.
 pub fn get_main_config(config_path: PathBuf) 
 	-> Result<Value, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+	let mut config = parse_toml_to_table(config_path)?;	
 	
-	// I once read that this multiple let style 
-	// is the "rusty" way to do things.
-	// Personally, I find this specific instance to be somewhat sketchy.
-	let mut config = String::new();
-	std::fs::File::open(config_path)?
-		.read_to_string(&mut config)?;
-	let mut config = config.parse::<Value>()?;
-	// The important thing here is that config is a mut Table in the end.
-	let mut config = config.as_table_mut().unwrap().clone();
-
 	if config.get("port") == None {
 		config.insert(String::from("port"), Value::from("6697"));
 	}
@@ -73,16 +105,17 @@ pub fn get_main_config(config_path: PathBuf)
 	Ok(Value::from(config))
 }
 
-pub fn get_server_config(mut config: Value, config_path: PathBuf)
-	-> Result<Value, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+pub fn get_server_configs(config: Value, config_path: PathBuf)
+	-> Result<Vec<Value>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+	let mut config_vec = vec![];
 	if config_path.is_dir() {
 		for entry in read_dir(config_path)? {
 			let entry = entry?;
 			let server_path = entry.path();
 			if server_path.is_dir(){
-				config = parse_server_dir(config, server_path)?;
+				config_vec.push(parse_server_dir(config.clone(), server_path)?);
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	Ok(config)
+	Ok(config_vec)
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fn main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	let mut config;
+	let config;
 
 	match config_path {
 		Some(p) => config = config::get_main_config(PathBuf::from(p))
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ fn main() {
 			.expect("Could not get default config in /etc/Mention2Mail/default.toml"),
 	}
 
+	let mut server_configs;
+
 	match server_conf_path {
-		Some(p) => config = config::get_server_config(config, PathBuf::from(p))
+		Some(p) => server_configs = config::get_server_configs(config, PathBuf::from(p))
 			.expect("Could not get server config."),
 		None => (),
 	}