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 # Example configuration file for htsn. For this to take effect, you
-# would need to place it in $HOME/.htsnrc. On Windows, it probably
-# needs to go in %APPDATA%, or C:\Users\<username>\Application Data.
+# would need to place it in either the user or global configuration
+# directories.
+#
+# For a user, that's either $HOME/.htsnrc on Unix or
+# %APPDATA%\.htsnrc (e.g. C:\Users\<username>\Application
+# Data\.htsnrc) on Windows.
+#
+# The global configuration directory is determined by Cabal. The
+# "sysconfdir" parameter during the "configure" step will be used. On
+# Unix, it's probably /etc, and this file will need to  go in
+# /etc/htsnrc.
+
+# Run in the background as a daemon?
+#
+# Default: false
+#
+# daemonize = true
 
 
-# The username used to connect to the feed.
+# A list of hostnames that supply the feed. You probably don't need to
+# change this, but you can.
 #
-# Default: none (required)
+# Default: ["feed1.sportsnetwork.com",
+#           "feed2.sportsnetwork.com",
+#           "feed3.sportsnetwork.com"]
 #
-# username = "whoever"
+# feed_hosts = [ "hostname1", "hostname2", ... ]
 
 
-# The password used to connect to the feed.
+# If you specify a file path here, logs will be written to it
+# (possibly in addition to syslog). Can be either a relative or
+# absolute path. It will not be auto-rotated; use something like
+# logrotate for that.
 #
-# Default: none (required)
+# Default: none
 #
-# password = "whatever"
+# log_file = "/var/log/htsn/htsn.log"
 
 
-# By default, htsn will output the XML files to the current working
+# How verbose should the logs be? Valid levels are,
+#
+#   "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR"
+#
+# (there are others, but we don't emit them.)
+#
+# Default: "INFO"
+#
+# log_level = "WARNING"
+
+
+# By default, XML files will be written to the current working
 # directory. Often this is not desirable, and you would rather save
 # them to a specific location. Specify it here.
 #
-# Default: "." (here)
+# Default: "."
 #
-# output-directory = "/var/lib/htsn"
+# output_directory = "/var/lib/htsn"
 
 
-# A list of hostnames that supply the feed.
+# The password associated with your TSN username.
 #
-# Default: ["feed1.sportsnetwork.com",
-#           "feed2.sportsnetwork.com",
-#           "feed3.sportsnetwork.com"]
+# Default: none (required)
 #
-# feed-hosts = [ "hostname1", "hostname2", ... ]
+# password = "whatever"
 
 
-# Do you want to log to syslog? If so, the log_file option below will
-# be ignored. This will log to the event log on Windows.
+# (Daemon mode only) Create a PID file in the given location. This is
+# used by the init system on Unix to keep track of the running
+# daemon.
+#
+# If necessary, its parent directory will be created with owner/group
+# set to the appropriate user/group, but at most one directory will be
+# created (that is, we won't create an entire directory tree).
 #
-# Default: True
+# Default: /run/htsn/htsn.pid
 #
-# syslog = False
+# pidfile = /var/run/htsn/htsn.pid
 
 
-# If syslog = False, which file should we use for a log? Can be either
-# a relative or absolute path. It will not be auto-rotated; use
-# something log logrotate for that.
+# (Daemon mode only) Run htsn as the specified system grup. The PID
+# file is written before privileges are dropped, so the only
+# privileges needed by htsn are those necessary to write the XML files
+# and (optionally) the log file.
 #
-# Default: htsn.log
+# Default: the current group
 #
-# log_file = /var/log/htsn/htsn.log
+# run_as_group = "htsn"
 
 
-# How verbose should the logs be? Valid levels are,
+# (Daemon mode only) Run htsn as the specified system user. The PID
+# file is written before privileges are dropped, so the only
+# privileges needed by htsn are those necessary to write the XML files
+# and (optionally) the log file.
 #
-#   "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR"
+# Default: the current user
 #
-# (there are others, but we don't emit them.)
+# run_as_user = "htsn"
+
+# Do you want to log to syslog? On Windows this will attempt to
+# communicate (over UDP) with a syslog daemon on localhost, which will
+# most likely not work.
 #
-# Default: "INFO"
+# Default: false
 #
-# log_level = "WARNING"
+# syslog = true
+
+
+# The username used to connect to the feed.
+#
+# Default: none (required)
+#
+# username = "whoever"