Related to extfs installation there are two major versions of Midnight
Commander. Older versions before 4.7.something use extfs.ini
configuration file. Newer versions simply allow to drop a VFS script to
-~/.mc/extfs.d directory. One can distinguish these versions by looking
-up the file extfs.ini; run the following command from the command line:
+$HOME/.mc/extfs.d directory. One can distinguish these versions by
+looking up the file extfs.ini; run the following command from the
+command line:
locate -b \\extfs.ini
cd /etc/mc/extfs
echo xml >>extfs.ini
-To use the installed VFS one also has to edit ~/.mc/mc.ext to assign the
-VFS to file extension(s) or type(s). For example to assign xml VFS to
-*.xml files (ignore case) and to XML file type add the following to
+To use the installed VFS one also has to edit $HOME/.mc/mc.ext to assign
+the VFS to file extension(s) or type(s). For example to assign xml VFS
+to *.xml files (ignore case) and to XML file type add the following to
mc.ext:
regex/\.([xX][mM][lL])$
This has to be done using text editor - mc doesn't allow editing the
option in its configuration editor.
-Newer versions ~/.mc/extfs.d
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+Newer versions $HOME/.mc/extfs.d
+--------------------------------
-For newer versions just drop a VFS script to ~/.mc/extfs.d or
-~/.local/share/mc/extfs.d/ directory (verify directory by running "mc -F").
-Make the script executable. Edit mc.ext; the syntax is slightly
-different:
+For newer versions just drop a VFS script to $HOME/.mc/extfs.d or
+$HOME/.local/share/mc/extfs.d/ directory (verify directory by running
+"mc -F"). Make the script executable. Edit mc.ext; the syntax is
+slightly different:
regex/\.([xX][mM][lL])$
Include=xml