[svnbook] r4704 committed - * en/book/ref-svnserve.xml: Document the --config-file option.

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Revision: 4704
Author:   breser at gmail.com
Date:     Fri Mar  7 00:18:56 2014 UTC
Log:      * en/book/ref-svnserve.xml: Document the --config-file option.

http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4704

Modified:
  /trunk/en/book/ref-svnserve.xml

=======================================
--- /trunk/en/book/ref-svnserve.xml	Wed Feb 13 21:11:19 2013 UTC
+++ /trunk/en/book/ref-svnserve.xml	Fri Mar  7 00:18:56 2014 UTC
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
          <command>sshd</command> launch it on demand for the
          <literal>svn+ssh://</literal> access method.</para>

-      <para>Regardless of the access method, once the client has
-        selected a repository by transmitting its URL,
-        <command>svnserve</command> reads a file named
+      <para>Unless the <option>--config-file</option> option was specified  
on
+        the command line, once the client has selected a repository by
+        transmitting its URL, <command>svnserve</command> reads a file  
named
          <filename>conf/svnserve.conf</filename> in the repository
          directory to determine repository-specific settings such as
          what authentication database to use and what authorization
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>

+        <varlistentry id="svn.ref.svnserve.sw.config_file">
+          <term><option>--config-file</option>  
<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>When specified, <command>svnserve</command> reads
+              <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable> once at program startup  
and
+              caches the <command>svnserve</command> configuration.  The
+              password and authorization configurations referenced from  
filename
+              will be loaded on each connection.   
<command>svnserve</command>
+              will not read any per‐repository
+              <filename>conf/svnserve.conf</filename> files when this  
option is
+              used.  See the <xref linkend="svn.serverconfig.svnserve"/>  
for
+              details of the file format for this option.</para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
          <varlistentry id="svn.ref.svnserve.sw.daemon">
            <term><option>--daemon</option> (<option>-d</option>)</term>
            <listitem>


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