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Group Files

A configuration directory for a component can contain a number of configuration (.dxc) files. For complex configurations with many DSAs, you might need many configuration files, grouped in a convenient manner using group (.dxg) files.

Reasons for grouping files include the following:

• To share the same set of configuration files among many DSAs
• To enable a .dxi file to source a single configuration group (.dxg) file for one configuration component (such as limits).
• To manage ordering of the configuration files. This is especially important in schema where definitions in one file depend on definitions in another file.

Example: Using a Group File for Schemas

The Acme Company has a directory that uses a number of DSAs. Each DSA uses the same schema files.

Instead of each DSA initialization file sourcing the schema files directly, the directory administrator uses a group file named Acme.dxg, which sources the schema files. Each DSA initialization file sources Acme.dxg, by including the following line:

source “../schema/Acme.dxg”;

If the DSAs require additional schema, the administrator only needs to edit one file, Acme.dxg.

The following diagram shows the configuration files and the source statements: