Resolver processing of the setup file when the resolver is started

During resolver address space initialization, the resolver parses the entire resolver setup file using the following rules:

Results:
  • Consider a resolver setup file that contains the following statements:
    CACHE
    NOCACHE
    CACH

    The resolver issues a warning message for the line specifying the value CACH and ignores the value. Because NOCACHE was parsed after the valid statement CACHE, the resolver uses the NOCACHE setup statement and caching is disabled for this system.

  • Consider a resolver setup file that contains the following statements:
    GLOBALTCPIPDATA(/etc/tcpip.data)
    GLOBALTCPIPDATA(/etc/newer.tcpip.data)
    DEFAULTTCPIPDATA(/etc/default.tcpip.data)

    Each of these statements is syntactically correct, so the resolver uses the value coded on the last GLOBALTCPIPDATA statement as the name of the global TCPIP.DATA file. The resolver attempts to access the files /etc/newer.tcpip.data and /etc/default.tcpip.data. If the file /etc/newer.tcpip.data does not exist, the resolver generates a warning message and proceeds as if no global file were specified; the resolver does not attempt to use /etc/tcpip.data as the global TCPIP.DATA file. If /etc/default.tcpip.data does not exist, the resolver generates a warning message and proceeds as if no default file were specified.