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| title: Changing the File Specifications |
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| You can change all file specifications in the `gemfire.properties` file and at the command line. |
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| **Note:** |
| <%=vars.product_name%> applications can use the API to pass `java.lang.System` properties to the cluster connection. This changes file specifications made at the command line and in the `gemfire.properties` file. You can verify an application’s property settings in the configuration information logged at application startup. The configuration is listed when the `gemfire.properties` `log-level` is set to `config` or lower. |
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| This invocation of the application, `testApplication.TestApp1`, provides non-default specifications for both the `cache.xml` and `gemfire.properties` files: |
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| ``` pre |
| java -Dgemfire.cache-xml-file=\ |
| /gemfireSamples/examples/dist/cacheRunner/queryPortfolios.xml \ |
| -DgemfirePropertyFile=defaultConfigs/gemfire.properties \ |
| testApplication.TestApp1 |
| ``` |
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| The gfsh start server command can use the same specifications: |
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| ``` pre |
| gfsh>start server \ |
| --J=-Dgemfire.cache-xml-file=/gemfireSamples/examples/dist/cacheRunner/queryPortfolios.xml \ |
| --J=-DgemfirePropertyFile=defaultConfigs/gemfire.properties |
| ``` |
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| You can also change the specifications for the `cache.xml` file inside the `gemfire.properties` file. |
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| **Note:** |
| Specifications in `gemfire.properties` files cannot use environment variables. |
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| Example `gemfire.properties` file with non-default `cache.xml` specification: |
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| ``` pre |
| #Tue May 09 17:53:54 PDT 2006 |
| mcast-address=192.0.2.0 |
| mcast-port=10333 |
| locators=cache-xml-file=/gemfireSamples/examples/dist/cacheRunner/queryPortfolios.xml |
| ``` |