From 9a7e5bd1d30ab60ef6cebfedfbdb37c6a05e9bcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Marriott Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:50:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify some points about config files, notably that they are only read at server start. From Thomas Adam. --- tmux.1 | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1 index c5c45b75..4bf55443 100644 --- a/tmux.1 +++ b/tmux.1 @@ -124,13 +124,19 @@ loads the system configuration file from .Pa /etc/tmux.conf , if present, then looks for a user configuration file at .Pa ~/.tmux.conf . +.Pp The configuration file is a set of .Nm commands which are executed in sequence when the server is first started. -.Pp -If a command in the configuration file fails, .Nm -will report an error and exit without executing further commands. +loads configuration files once when the server process has started. +The +.Ic source-file +command may be used to load a file later. +.Pp +.Nm +shows any error messages from commands in configuration files in the first +session created, and continues to process the rest of the configuration file. .It Fl L Ar socket-name .Nm stores the server socket in a directory under