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How to configure mtools for your environment
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Description
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   This sections explains the syntax of the configurations files for
mtools. The configuration files are called `/usr/local/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

   * Character translation tables

config 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 config file in most cases

global variables

Variables that are independent of the drive

per drive variables

Variables that are specific to a given drive

character sets

Character set translation tables

parsing order

Location of configuration files and parsing order

old style config

Backwards compatibility