The following shell variables may be overridden by the configuration
file.
.TP
+.B HASH
+The hash function to use for verifying archive integrity. This is
+passed to the
+.B \-H
+option of
+.BR fshash ,
+so it must name one of the hash functions supported by your Python's
+.B hashlib
+module.
+The default is
+.BR sha256 .
+.TP
.B MAXLOG
The number of log files to be kept for each filesystem. Old logfiles
are deleted to keep the total number below this bound. The default
.I mntbkpdir
is the backup mount directory configured at build time.
.TP
-.B HASH
-The hash function to use for verifying archive integrity. This is
-passed to the
-.B \-H
-option of
-.BR fshash ,
-so it must name one of the hash functions supported by your Python's
-.B hashlib
-module. The default is
-.BR sha256 .
.SS Hook functions
The configuration file may define shell functions to perform custom
actions at various points in the backup process.