Ini files in mush?

require "serialize"

equipment = {
  [1] = {
    head = "helmet123",
    torso = "platemail456",
    hands = "gauntlets789",
  }
}

-- In a plugin, you'd probably want to do this within OnPluginSaveState.
local data = serialize.save_simple(equipment)

print(data)
-- This is what the serialized data looks like:
--[[
{
  [1] = {
    hands = "gauntlets789",
    torso = "platemail456",
    head = "helmet123",
    },
  }
--]]
-- Almost exactly what it originally was, but serialized as a string.

-- It's up to you where to actually put the data. I prefer using a MUSHclient
-- variable (SetVariable("name", "data")), which is saved between sessions in
-- the world, and is saved automatically in plugins if you have save_state="y"
-- in the plugin header.
SetVariable("mydata", data)


-- To later load it (in a plugin, OnPluginInstall would be best), do:
local data = GetVariable("mydata")
equipment = assert(loadstring(data))()

-- At this point, the 'equipment' table is exactly as it was in the beginning.