- --ignore-config, --no-config Do not read configuration files. When given
- in the global configuration file
- /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
- configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
- dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
- on Windows)
+ --ignore-config, --no-config Disable loading any configuration files
+ except the one provided by --config-
+ location. When given inside a configuration
+ file, no further configuration files are
+ loaded. Additionally, (for backward
+ compatibility) if this option is found
+ inside the system configuration file, the
+ user configuration is not loaded.