ctreesql accepts configuration information from the command-line in addition to the settings and configuration files. Configuration keywords and values listed as command-line arguments take affect before the standard configuration file, ctsrvr.cfg.

All valid configuration file keywords are supported and may be listed on the command-line followed by an appropriate value. No special switch symbols or syntax is required. Simply enter each keyword followed by a value as follows:

To specify the name and location of your server configuration file, ctsrvr.cfg, when launching the c-tree Server from the command-line, use the command-line keyword CTSRVR_CFG followed by a fully qualified configuration file name as follows:

The CTSRVR_CFG command line keyword is typically used when running two Servers on the same machine.

In this example we show how to start two c-tree Server processes listening on different ports on the same machine.

ctsrvr2.cfg:

Note - the two snippets above shows the basic configuration, they should be completed with the rest of settings that usually appear in a c-tree configuration. We notice that different ports and different data folders are referenced in the two configuration files.