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File Format
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   The `amd.conf' file consists of sections and parameters.  A section
begins with the name of the section in square brackets `[]' and
continues until the next section begins or the end of the file is
reached.  Sections contain parameters of the form `name = value'.

   The file is line-based -- that is, each newline-terminated line
represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter.  No
line-continuation syntax is available.

   Section names, parameter names and their values are case sensitive.

   Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant.  Whitespace
before or after the first equals sign is discarded.  Leading, trailing
and internal whitespace in section and parameter names is irrelevant.
Leading and trailing whitespace in a parameter value is discarded.
Internal whitespace within a parameter value is not allowed, unless the
whole parameter value is quoted with double quotes as in `name = "some
value"'.

   Any line beginning with a pound sign `#' is ignored, as are lines
containing only whitespace.

   The values following the equals sign in parameters are all either a
string (no quotes needed if string does not include spaces) or a
boolean, which may be given as `yes'/`no'.  Case is significant in all
values.  Some items such as cache timeouts are numeric.