Questions around config mode and run as a service

[Gandy]

Hi

I've just downloaded btsync for the first time and am excited by the possibilities.

I want to run this on Windows platforms mainly.

I've seen the pages that discuss 'config mode' whereby you make config entires in a file and then start btsync with a switch to read the file.

Questions I have about this:

• does this file-read config then become part of the config for btsync and you don't need to run with the flag again, or do you always need to run with the flag to pick up the config from the file?
• do I only add stuff that I want to override the default settings for. In my example, I would like to set the GUI to be accessible from other machine on the lan, so need it to listen on other interfaces, not just localhost, so I only need to add the "website" "listen" config?
• how does this all work if I have it set as a service?

 

Thanks

 

[Moe]

1.) If you want BitTorrent Sync to use that configuration file you always have to point BitTorrent Sync to that configuration file. If you don't do it it will use it's default values and start "normally"

2.) With the configuration file you can override default values and you can set specific things you won't be able to set in GUI - for example to run on Windows without GUI and only WebGUI listening on listening port. You can get most information on http://help.getsync.com/ if you want to learn how you set up a configuration file. Also you can search the forum since this is a very frequent topic.

3.) For that I haven't tested it. The Help Center does not have articles related to that yet.. maybe one of the team members can fill us in ;-)