[Opensim-users] Which file over-rides which?

[Mister Blue]

What OpenSim actually does is read "OpenSimDefaults.ini", then
"OpenSim.ini" and finally "config/*.ini". Later overriding the earlier.

Some of the ini files have "include" statements which pull in other ini
files. The default "OpenSim.ini" file, for instance, has an include near
the end for selecting the architecture configuration from
'config-include/'. Since this 'include' is at the end of "OpenSim.ini", the
"config-include/" ini files override what has already been specified.

This is a flexible system allowing the implementation of several competing
configuration approaches.

I expect you can find an 'include' in the OpenSim.ini of the Diva
distribution which includes DivaPreferences.ini and MyWorld.ini. To
localize all of your changes, I would guess that, for the Diva
distribution, you put your changes into "MyWorld.ini".

-- ra

P.S.: the above is a simplification of OpenSim's parameter specification.
The names "OpenSimDefaults.ini" and "OpenSim.ini" and "config/" can be
changed with command line arguments. Additionally, they can be URLs which
point at XML formatted configuration specifications. The latter enables
automated and database driven configuration.

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Olivier van Helden
<olivier at van-helden.net>wrote:

> Actually, it's not exactly true
>
> OpenSimDefaults.ini is overridden by OpenSim.ini
> This result is overridden by config-include/DivaPreferences.ini
> This result is overridden by config-include/MyWorld.ini
>
> So IMHO the best place to make changes is MyWorld.ini
> But as James said, it's OK to copy sections from any of the above ini
> files in MyWorld.ini to change the default settings.
>
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> Le 10 juin 2012 à 00:30, Sarge Misfit a écrit :
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:16 AM, James Hughes <jamesh at bluewallgroup.com>wrote:
>
>> On 06/09/2012 10:01 AM, Sarge Misfit wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running the SoaS Diva Distro. In /bin there's two files, OpenSim.ini
>>> and OpenSimDefaults.ini.
>>>
>>> Which file over-rides which?
>>>
>>> Sarge
>>>
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>> OpenSim.ini is the one that overrides and is the correct place to make
>> changes. It is OK to copy sections of the OpenSimDefaults.ini over to your
>> OpenSim.ini to change the default settings.
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