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General configuration file syntax
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   The configuration files is made up of sections. Each section starts
with a keyword identifying the section followed by a colon.  Then
follow variable assignments and flags. Variable assignments take the
following form:
     name=value
   Flags are lone keywords without an equal sign and value following
them.  A section either ends at the end of the file or where the next
section begins.

   Lines starting with a hash (`#') are comments. Newline characters
are equivalent to whitespace (except where ending a comment). The
configuration file is case insensitive, except for item enclosed in
quotes (such as filenames).