plowshare.conf(5)

NAME
plowshare.conf - Configuration file for Plowshare

DESCRIPTION
Plowshare (plowdown, plowup, plowdel, plowlist or plowprobe) uses a configuration file called plowshare.conf for its initial setup. This configuration file is searched for in the following places when plowshare is started:

    ~/.config/plowshare/plowshare.conf
    /etc/plowshare.conf

Instead of specifying long command lines with user's preferences (credentials, network settings or download retry number, ...), it is convenient to make them default.

Note: Usage of configuration file can be disabled using --no-plowsharerc command-line option. There is also --plowsharerc=FILE option to specify an alternate configuration file.

FILE FORMAT
plowshare.conf file uses an INI-style format. It is composed of six sections which may be present in any order. Each section may contain lines of the form:

    [General]
        token = value
        ...
    [Plowdown]
        token = value
        ...
    [Plowup]
        token = value
        ...
    [Plowdel]
        token = value
        ...
    [Plowlist]
        token = value
        ...
    [Plowprobe]
        token = value
        ...
    # this is a comment

Notes:

•   Sections are unordered.

•   Blank lines or lines beginning with a hash character ('#') are treated as comments and ignored.

•   Whitespace before and after a token or value is ignored (although a value can contain whitespace within).

•   Double quoting value is optional. Use them to preserve leading and trailing whitespace.

Valid tokens are always lowercase. Names are long-option command-line arguments of plowshare. For example: temp-directory for plowdown. For modules options, tokens are prepended by module name and a slash character. For example: rapidgator/auth (short-option are also possible here). For values, no backslash interpretation is made. "\t" is a regular string with two characters, it is not a tab character. Options in general section prevail over Plow* section. Options given on the command line prevail over configuration file options.

EXAMPLE
    ###
    ### Plowshare configuration file
    ###
    [General]
    interface = eth1
    rapidshare/a = matt:4deadbeef
    rapidgator/a = "matt:4 dead beef "
    antigate=bc427381269d702eccc509b8849e5b0d
    [Plowdown]
    timeout=3600
    no-overwrite=1
    [Plowup]
    max-retries=2
    printf=Download URL: %u%nDelete   URL: %d%n
    uploadmemodule/auth-free = foo@bar.com:kjguiy1581!
    uploadmemodule/folder = incoming
    [Plowlist]
    verbose = 3

AUTHORS
Plowshare was initially written by Arnau Sanchez. See the AUTHORS file for a list of some of the many other contributors. Plowshare is (C) 2010-2016 The Plowshare Team

SEE ALSO
plowdown(1), plowup(1), plowdel(1), plowlist(1), plowprobe(1), plowmod(1).