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<H1>4.2. INI Format</H1>
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<H2><A NAME="Purpose">Purpose</A></H2>
<P>INI files are used to store simple configuration information for scripts.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="Description">Description</A></H2>
<P>An INI file contains of a series of sections. Each section begins with a header enclosed in '[' and ']'. Comment lines begin with ';' or '#' as the first non-whitespace character. Blank lines before a section or at the end of a section are ignored.</P>
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<P>A sample file is:</P>
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[Drivers]
Format Library Subroutine Book
mif sdf2mif.pl MifFormat MifBook
raw sdf2raw.pl RawFormat
[PostProcessing]
ps = &SdfBatch("-pfile")
doc = &SdfBatch("-sdoc -Sd")
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