'Parses the content of the named file and stores the values.'

def __init__(self, filename):

    lines = [re.sub('#.*?$', '', line).strip() for line in open(filename) if (line.strip() and (not line.strip().startswith('#')))]
    self.forceFirst = lines[(lines.index('[first]') + 1):lines.index('[last]')]
    self.forceLast = lines[(lines.index('[last]') + 1):lines.index('[include]')]
    self.include = lines[(lines.index('[include]') + 1):lines.index('[exclude]')]
    self.exclude = lines[(lines.index('[exclude]') + 1):]
