Re: multiple configs

[/dev/rob0 <rob0 gmx co uk>]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 08:45:17PM +0100, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 13:42 -0600, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 02:08:53PM -0500, MK wrote:
> > > Is it possible to start mc with an alternate .ini file?
> > > Judging by the man page, I suspect not, but I have to ask.
> >
> > I found out with a simple experiment:
> >     $ mkdir mc-test # not strictly necessary but it helps
> >     $ HOME=$HOME/mc-test mc
>
> You are cheating :-) This way mc will think that ~ is ~/mc-test.

What's wrong with cheating? It works! :) Like any good Unix software,
mc relies on and can be controlled by standard environment variables.
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