Index: sources/storage/Settings.cpp
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diff -u -r4fd6a7d7801d91ffbce9e8d4b54900224f6a0fac -r0eb3d05f90d7ed90eadfab6c0c1db76fa2a70fb6
--- sources/storage/Settings.cpp	(.../Settings.cpp)	(revision 4fd6a7d7801d91ffbce9e8d4b54900224f6a0fac)
+++ sources/storage/Settings.cpp	(.../Settings.cpp)	(revision 0eb3d05f90d7ed90eadfab6c0c1db76fa2a70fb6)
@@ -52,33 +52,36 @@
 /*!
  * \brief   Settings::doRead
  * \details Reads all the configuration files
+ * \return  non-zero, error value on error, and zero on success.
  */
 int Settings::read()
 {
-    int err = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_None;
+    int             err             = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_None;
     QStringList     fileFilter      = QStringList() << QString("*.%1").arg(_settingsExt);
     QFileInfoList   settingFiles    = FileHandler::find      (Storage::Settings_Path(), fileFilter);
     QStringList     settingFolders  = FileHandler::subFolders(Storage::Settings_Path());
 
     if ( ! settingFolders.count() ) {
         err = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_No_SettingsFolder;
-        LOG_DEBUG(errorMessage(err).arg(Storage::Settings_Path()));
+        LOG_APPED_PO(errorMessage(err).arg(Storage::Settings_Path()));
         return err;
     }
 
     for ( QString &settingFolder : settingFolders ) {
         QString folder = settingFolder.prepend(Storage::Settings_Path());
         settingFiles += FileHandler::find(folder, fileFilter);
     }
+
     // DEBUG:
     // settingFiles =
     // {
     //     QFileInfo("/home/denali/Projects/application/resources/settings/Confirm/Confirm.conf"),
     //     QFileInfo("/home/denali/Projects/application/resources/settings/Alarms/Alarms.conf")
     // };
+
     if ( ! settingFiles.count() ) {
         err = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_No_SettingsFile;
-        LOG_DEBUG(errorMessage(err).arg(Storage::Settings_Path()));
+        LOG_APPED_PO(errorMessage(err).arg(Storage::Settings_Path()));
         return err;
     }
 
@@ -88,13 +91,20 @@
 
         QFile file(settingFile.absoluteFilePath());
         if (! file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-            err = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_ConfigFileReadFail;
-            LOG_DEBUG(errorMessage(err).arg(Storage::Settings_Path()));
+            err = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_Read;
+            LOG_APPED_PO(errorMessage(err).arg(Storage::Settings_Path()));
             return err;
         }
+
         Detail detail;
         detail.content    = file.readAll().trimmed();
-        if (detail.content.isEmpty()) continue;
+        if (detail.content.isEmpty()) {
+            //TODO  Do not error out for now, the list of the config files which can be empty or not needs to be defined.
+            // err = Settings::Settings_Error::eError_Empty;
+            LOG_APPED_PO(errorMessage(Settings::Settings_Error::eError_Empty).arg(settingFile.fileName()));
+            continue;
+        }
+
         detail.location   = settingFile.absolutePath() + "/";
         detail.category   = QString(detail.location + settingFile.baseName()).remove(Storage::Settings_Path());
         details += detail;
@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@
                     else if ( line == attribute.arg(_duplicate_key_off ) ) { enableDuplicateKey = false ;}
 
                     else    {
-                        LOG_APPED_UI(( "Unknown '" + line + "' attribute in %1").arg(detail.category));
+                        LOG_APPED_PO(( "Unknown '" + line + "' attribute in %1").arg(detail.category));
                     }
                 }