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3 How to configure mtools for your environment
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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

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