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<h1 class="title">How to install an external VFS script</h1>

<p>Related to extfs installation there are two major versions of <tt class="docutils literal">Midnight
Commander</tt>. Older versions before 4.7.something use <tt class="docutils literal">extfs.ini</tt>
configuration file. Newer versions simply allow to drop a VFS script to
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$HOME/.mc/extfs.d</span></tt> directory. One can distinguish these versions by
looking up the file <tt class="docutils literal">extfs.ini</tt>; run the following command from the
command line:</p>
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locate -b \\extfs.ini
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<p>(I use GNU locate conventions; adapt the command line to your system;
the simplest variant is just <tt class="docutils literal">locate extfs.ini</tt>.)</p>
<p>Usual places for <tt class="docutils literal">extfs.ini</tt> are <tt class="docutils literal">/etc/mc/extfs/extfs.ini</tt>,
<tt class="docutils literal">/usr/lib/mc/extfs/extfs.ini</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">/usr/share/mc/extfs/extfs.ini</tt> or
<tt class="docutils literal">/usr/local/share/mc/extfs/extfs.ini</tt>.</p>
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<h1>Newer versions - $HOME/.mc/extfs.d</h1>
<p>For newer versions just drop a VFS script to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$HOME/.mc/extfs.d</span></tt> or
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$HOME/.local/share/mc/extfs.d/</span></tt> directory (verify directory by running
<tt class="docutils literal">mc <span class="pre">-F</span></tt>). Make the script executable. Edit <tt class="docutils literal">mc.ext</tt>. Enable file types
guessing (see above).</p>
<p>See my <a class="reference external" href="https://phdru.name/Software/dotfiles/mc/mc.ext.html">https://phdru.name/Software/dotfiles/mc/mc.ext.html</a> for examples.</p>
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<h1>Older versions - extfs.ini</h1>
<p>On the system where there is a file extfs.ini a VFS script has to be
installed the following way. Put the script into the system extfs
directory - <tt class="docutils literal">/usr/share/mc/extfs/</tt> or <tt class="docutils literal">/usr/local/share/mc/extfs/</tt>.
Make the script executable. Edit <tt class="docutils literal">extfs.ini</tt> - add a line naming the
script; for example, if one's installing xml VFS one has to do something
like:</p>
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cd /etc/mc/extfs
echo xml &gt;&gt;extfs.ini
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<p>To use the installed VFS one also has to edit <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$HOME/.mc/mc.ext</span></tt> to assign
the VFS to file extension(s) or type(s).</p>
<p>To enable file types add or change the following configuration option in
ini file in section <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">[Midnight-Commander]</span></tt>:</p>
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use_file_to_guess_type=1
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<p>This has to be done using text editor - <tt class="docutils literal">mc</tt> doesn't allow editing the
option in its configuration editor.</p>
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