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config:cnf_files [2022/03/14 19:21] – [See Also] Andreconfig:cnf_files [2023/07/30 13:35] (current) – [Development Notes] typo fixed and more detail added digital man
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 ====== .cnf files ====== ====== .cnf files ======
  
-''.cnf'' files are proprietary binary configuration files located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory and ''[[dir:node]]'' directories and are maintained using the [[util:SCFG]] utility.  +''.cnf'' files are proprietary binary configuration files located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory and ''[[dir:node]]'' directories and are maintained using the [[util:SCFG]] utility before Synchronet v3.20.  
  
 ===== Auto-backup ===== ===== Auto-backup =====
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 ====== Development Notes ====== ====== Development Notes ======
  
-These files were originally a text-based configuration but were converted to binary for efficiency reasons which no longer apply.  In some future version of Synchronet, these files will be converted to a text format, most likely [[.ini files]]+These files were originally a text-based configuration (''*.cfg'' files in Synchronet version 1) but were converted to binary for efficiency reasons that no longer apply.  In version 3.20 of Synchronet, these files were converted to [[.ini files]]; see [[history:newcfgfiles]] for details.
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-The multiple ''node.cnf'' files need to be replaced by a single file which configures all the nodes for a specific instance of Synchronet.  Currently, this means supporting the ''<base>.<host|os>.<ext>'' format because the assumption that the only reason to run multiple instances is that there are multiple systems is currently baked in. +
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:util:SCFG:]]   * [[:util:SCFG:]]