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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: config files proposal
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:01:37 +0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 04:01:49 -0500, Jason King wrote:
> A few thoughts on windows .ini style.
> 1)  The separator for value and key is '=' not ':='.  If we use an .ini 
> file it should not break .ini file conventions.
> 2)  Standard .ini files use ';' as a comment to eol indicator, e.g.
> ; this is a comment

Yes but on unix it is very common that # is the mark for comments.