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| author | Torkel Rogstad <torkel@rogstad.io> | 2019-05-22 20:31:20 +0200 |
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| committer | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2019-07-25 09:57:57 +0800 |
| commit | fa2f991fa23fcc2c96d48fc3dd7faa41c959e8ae (patch) | |
| tree | 30d2359d46208980bee38a8ff2d6ada51d31be19 /doc/bitcoin-conf.md | |
| parent | fe001925f803ee9281c73da1265c401ba6a2b5ca (diff) | |
doc: add note on precedence of options in bitcoin.conf
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diff --git a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md index 88ecb8fe65..f8146b5d75 100644 --- a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md +++ b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md @@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ Network specific options can be: - placed into sections with headers `[main]` (not `[mainnet]`), `[test]` (not `[testnet]`) or `[regtest]`; - prefixed with a chain name; e.g., `regtest.maxmempool=100`. +Network specific options take precedence over non-network specific options. +If multiple values for the same option are found with the same precedence, the +first one is generally chosen. + +This means that given the following configuration, `regtest.rpcport` is set to `3000`: + +``` +regtest=1 +rpcport=2000 +regtest.rpcport=3000 + +[regtest] +rpcport=4000 +``` + ## Configuration File Path The configuration file is not automatically created; you can create it using your favorite text editor. By default, the configuration file name is `bitcoin.conf` and it is located in the Bitcoin data directory, but both the Bitcoin data directory and the configuration file path may be changed using the `-datadir` and `-conf` command-line options. |