--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+get_openvpn_option() {
+ local config="$1"
+ local variable="$2"
+ local option="$3"
+
+ local value="$(sed -rne 's/^[ \t]*'"$option"'[ \t]+(([^ \t\\]|\\.)+)[ \t]*$/\1/p' "$config" | tail -n1 | sed -re 's/\\(.)/\1/g')"
+ [ -n "$value" ] || value="$(sed -rne 's/^[ \t]*'"$option"'[ \t]+'"'([^']+)'"'[ \t]*$/\1/p' "$config" | tail -n1)"
+ [ -n "$value" ] || value="$(sed -rne 's/^[ \t]*'"$option"'[ \t]+"(([^"\\]|\\.)+)"[ \t]*$/\1/p' "$config" | tail -n1 | sed -re 's/\\(.)/\1/g')"
+ [ -n "$value" ] || return 1
+
+ export -n "$variable=$value"
+ return 0
+}
+