It's probably worth mentioning in the decription for the "-f" flag that the config file is read only at server start-up, and that any other config files which need loading can use the source-file command.
This gets asked all too often on IRC. Feel free to tweak if necessary. --- tmux.1 | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1 index 213db74..a39a933 100644 --- a/tmux.1 +++ b/tmux.1 @@ -124,13 +124,21 @@ loads the system configuration file from .Pa /etc/tmux.conf , if present, then looks for a user configuration file at .Pa ~/.tmux.conf . +.Pp The configuration file is a set of .Nm commands which are executed in sequence when the server is first started. +.Nm +will not re-read any of its specified configuration files once the server +process has started. +To force a configuration file to be read see the +.Ic source-file +command. .Pp -If a command in the configuration file fails, +If commands in the configuration file fail .Nm -will report an error and exit without executing further commands. +will collect these errors and show them in the first session created, and +will continue to process the rest of the configuration file. .It Fl L Ar socket-name .Nm stores the server socket in a directory under -- 1.7.11.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
