Configuration File Format

Configuration files are Enscribe EDIT files and use the defacto standard INI file format described below.

Parameters

Parameters consist of name, value pairs delimited by an equals sign (=). The value may be enclosed in quotes to preserve whitespace when necessary.

Sections

Parameters are grouped into named sections. A section header consists of the he section name enclosed in square brackets. ( [ ] ). All parameters found after a section header and before the next section header or end of file are associated with that section header. Section headers may include a process name to indicate that the section applies to a specific process. In this case the section name consists of the process name and section name delimited by a colon (:).

Comments

A semicolon indicates the start of a comment, which continues to the end of the line. All text between the semicolon and end of line is ignored.

Blank Lines

Blank lines are ignored.

Example Configuration File

; This section configures generic logging options

[log]

file=zzlog

format=text

level=info

timestamp=lct  ; use local civil time.

; Configure trace level logging for process $XYZ.

[$XYZ:log]

file=zzlog

format=text

level=trace  ; trace level logging for this process.

timestamp=lct