Configuration File

On startup, movedat will attempt to load configuration information from one of several files.  On unix systems, first /etc/movedat.cf, then $HOME/.movedat.cf will be examined.  On Windows, the file %APPDATA%\DEI\movedat.cf will be read.  These files can be overridden by specifying an alternate configuration file using the "-f" command line option.  Settings will be honored in the following increasing precedence: built-in defaults, %SystemRoot% or /etc config file, home or %APPDATA% config file, with the command line options overriding all.

A configuration file consists of plain text lines, at most 127 characters long.  Lines beginning with a hash, space, or tab are ignored.  All other lines have one of the following formats:

<variable>=<value> <variable> <value>

The second form will ignore any leading white space in <value>.  Note that Variable names are NOT case sensitive.  See the enclosed movedat.cf file for an example configuration file.

Configuration variables, along with their corresponding command line options, are described in the Options section.

A configuration file must contain the following line to work with this version of movedat:

MovedatConfigVersion 1