introduction

  • INI is a configuration file with a fixed standard format
  • Base elements are keys or properties
  • Each key consists of a name and a value, separated by an equal sign (=)
  • key name is displayed to the left side of the equals sign
  • equal sign and semicolon are reserved characters
  • INI configuration method comes from the MS-DOS operating system Now an informal standard for many configurations, other operating systems may use .conf or .cfg as a suffix
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