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 3 How to configure mtools for your environment
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· configuration file location
· default values
· global variables
· per drive variables
· parsing order
· old style configuration
 
 3.1 Description
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 This sections explains the syntax of the configurations files for
 mtools.  The configuration files are called '/etc/mtools.conf' and
 '~/.mtoolsrc'.  If the environmental variable 'MTOOLSRC' is set, its
 contents is used as the filename for a third configuration file.  These
 configuration files describe the following items:
 
    * Global configuration flags and variables
    * Per drive flags and variables
 
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· configuration file location  Where mtools looks for its configuration files
· general syntax        The layout of the configuration files
· default values        Why you don't need a configuration file in most cases
· global variables      Variables that are independent of the drive
· per drive variables   Variables that are specific to a given drive
· parsing order         Location of configuration files and parsing order
· old style configuration      Backwards compatibility
 

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