Configuration parameters are user-configurable settings that control the behavior of a Replication Agent instance. Each Replication Agent instance has its own configuration file, which records the configuration information that instance needs to operate properly.
When a Replication Agent instance first starts up, it reads its configuration file. Thereafter, as long as that Replication Agent instance is running, the only time it accesses the configuration file is when the ra_config or ra_set_login command is invoked to change a configuration parameter.
When a configuration parameter is changed, Replication Agent saves that change in the configuration file, overwriting the entire file.
Because Replication Agent overwrites the entire configuration
file every time the ra_config or ra_set_login command
is invoked, Sybase recommends that you do not edit the configuration
file.
