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The order of precedence is the same as the list above; command line options being the highest and configuration file being the lowest. That is, options specified via the command line override options specified via a command file, and so on.
See Configuration Management for detailed information on these methods of configuration.
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The configuration file, udm.conf, provides the simplest method of specifying configuration options whose values will not change with each command invocation. These default values are used if the options are not read from one or more other sources. (See the Universal Agent 7.6.x Installation, Upgrade, and Applying Maintenance to determine the directory in which it is located.)
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