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

[Sarge Misfit]

Thanks

I saw the include entries and everything. Mostly, I just wanted to know
which settings will get reset/changed by INI files that are red later.
Knowing which order the files are read will make some configuring easier now

Sarge

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Mister Blue <misterblue at misterblue.com>wrote:

> 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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