the prefix number of the configuration filename

[Dogz]

Dear David and Rich,

Thank you for your soon reply. I understood. I thought that would be
special meanings.

Anyway, thank you for your nice reply.

2016-02-16 8:48 GMT+08:00 Rich Wales <richw at richw.org>:
>
>> Hi all, I am very curious about the prefix number of the configuration
>> filename, such as 10-auth.conf .... What are those meanings of 10,15,20
>> and 90 ?
>
> The configuration files are read and processed according to the sorting
> order of their names.  Adding the numeric prefixes allows the order in
> which the files are processed to be determined independently of their names.
>
> So, in this case, the config files with names starting with 10 are read
> first (i.e., 10-director.conf is processed first).  If the number
> prefixes weren't there, then the "acl.conf" file would be processed
> first (instead of near the end).
>
> It matters what order the configuration files are processed in because
> later files can override parameters set by earlier files.
>
> Rich Wales
> richw at richw.org



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Dogz