enigma-bbs/docs/configuration/creating-config.md

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title: Creating Initial Config Files
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Configuration files in ENiGMA½ are simple UTF-8 encoded [HJSON](http://hjson.org/) files. HJSON is just like JSON but simplified and much more resilient to human error.

## Initial Configuration
Your initial configuration skeleton can be created using the `oputil.js` command line utility. From your enigma-bbs root directory:
```bash
./oputil.js config new
```

You will be asked a series of questions to create an initial configuration, which will be saved to `/enigma-bbs-install-path/config/config.hjson`. This will also produce `config/<bbsName>-menu.hjson` and `config/<bbsName>-prompt.hjson` files (where `<bbsName>` is replaced by the name you provided in the steps above). See [Menu HJSON](menu-hjson.md) and [Prompt HJSON](prompt-hjson.md) for more information.
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			`layout: page`
			`title: Creating Initial Config Files`
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Many doc updates RE: HJSON/general config 2018-11-20 04:16:37 +00:00			`Configuration files in ENiGMA½ are simple UTF-8 encoded [HJSON](http://hjson.org/) files. HJSON is just like JSON but simplified and much more resilient to human error.`
* Docs theme to match ENiGMA website * New docs layout ready for github pages serving * Tonnes of new docs * Update gitignore * Probably other stuff too 2018-01-31 23:35:54 +00:00
Many doc updates RE: HJSON/general config 2018-11-20 04:16:37 +00:00			`## Initial Configuration`
			Your initial configuration skeleton can be created using the `oputil.js` command line utility. From your enigma-bbs root directory:
			```bash
* Docs theme to match ENiGMA website * New docs layout ready for github pages serving * Tonnes of new docs * Update gitignore * Probably other stuff too 2018-01-31 23:35:54 +00:00			`./oputil.js config new`
			```

Many doc updates RE: HJSON/general config 2018-11-20 04:16:37 +00:00			You will be asked a series of questions to create an initial configuration, which will be saved to `/enigma-bbs-install-path/config/config.hjson`. This will also produce `config/<bbsName>-menu.hjson` and `config/<bbsName>-prompt.hjson` files (where `<bbsName>` is replaced by the name you provided in the steps above). See [Menu HJSON](menu-hjson.md) and [Prompt HJSON](prompt-hjson.md) for more information.
* Docs theme to match ENiGMA website * New docs layout ready for github pages serving * Tonnes of new docs * Update gitignore * Probably other stuff too 2018-01-31 23:35:54 +00:00