@@ -64,12 +64,16 @@ BEGIN {

     var_delimiters_end   = "}}}"

     key_value_delimiter  = ""

     in_var_space_remplacement = ""

+    first_element_index = 0

     for (arg = 1; arg < ARGC; arg++)

         switch (ARGV[arg]) {

             case /^--conf=["']?.+["']?$/:

                 filename = gensub(/^--conf=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

                 break

+            case /^--conf$/:

+                filename = gensub(/^["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[++arg])

+                break

             case "--sections-list":

                 returnsectionlist = 1

                 break

@@ -91,7 +95,12 @@ BEGIN {

                 eol = ";"

                 break

             case /^--array=["']?.+["']?$/:

-                conf_arrays = conf_arrays "|" gensub(/^--array=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                arrayname=gensub(/^--array=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                conf_arrays = conf_arrays "|" arrayname

+                key_array[arrayname]++

+                break

+            case /^--first-element-array=[01]$/:

+                first_element_index = gensub(/^--first-element-array=([01])$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

                 break

             case /^--var-delim-begin=["']?.{3,}["']?$/:

                 var_delimiters_begin = gensub(/^--var-delim-begin=["']?(.{3,})["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ BEGIN {

         if (/^\s*\[.+\]\s*$/) {

             name=gensub(/^\s*\[(.+)\]\s*$/, "\\1", "g")

             for (key in key_array)

-                ptr[name][key_array[key]] = 0

+                ptr[name][key] = first_element_index

             continue

         }

@@ -161,8 +170,8 @@ BEGIN {

                 value = clean ? "" : gensub("^[[:blank:]]*" $1 "[[:blank:]]*", "", "")

             }

             key = apply_case_sensivity(key)

-            if (key ~ "^(" conf_arrays ")$" && ! unset) 

-                conf[name][key][++ptr[name][key]] = value

+            if (key ~ "^(" conf_arrays ")$" && ! unset)

+                conf[name][key][ptr[name][key]++] = value

             else

                 conf[name][key] = value

         }

@@ -175,7 +184,7 @@ BEGIN {

     else for (name in onlysections)

         for (key in conf[name]) {

             if (key ~ "^(" conf_arrays ")$" && ! unset)

-                for (i=1; i<=ptr[name][key]; i++) 

+                for (i=first_element_index; i<ptr[name][key]; i++) 

                     printf("%s[%i]=%s", key, i, evaluate(conf[name][key][i]) eol)

             else {