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 # fermi
 
-Configuration file for Fermi launcher
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+Configuration file for Fermi launcher
+
+### installations
+
+install in $HOME/etc/launcher/fermi using git.
+
+### handling
+This file must be editable (r/w) by control room operators
+and then synchronized to the git repository