Configuration files

File Format
Name	Configuration files
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Configuration files

Files used in the configuration of systems and software. Many such files will appear in various other categories in accordance with what sort of systems they are configuring.

Specific systems

• DOS configuration files
• Windows configuration files

Specific programs

• EditorConfig
• Microsoft Dynamics AX: Axc
• Nginx configuration files
• PAM configuration file
• Skype shared configuration

General files used by multiple systems

• Hjson
• INI
• mime.types
• TOML

Generic formats sometimes used for configuration files include XML, JSON, and YAML.

See also

• Serialization
• System files
• Web browser files
• Web server files

Links

• Augeas - A utility and library that can edit many configuration file formats