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+This directory or its subdirectories should contain OpenVPN
+configuration files each having an extension of .ovpn
+
+When OpenVPN is started as a service, a separate OpenVPN
+process will be instantiated for each configuration file.
+
+When OpenVPN GUI is started configs in this directory are added
+to the list of available connections