option annotation tag

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Synopsis

Represents a single option in the configuration. Options with default values that are blank (empty strings) are not listed by default, although an option which is explicitly specified even though its value was already the default will be.

Attributes

name

The name of the user-defined configuration option. This will be either of the form emake-…​ for command-line options, or EMAKE_…​ or ECLOUD_…​ for environment variables without a command-line option equivalent.

origin

Indicates the origin of the user-defined configuration option. This will be one of:

  • default: This option was the default and was not specified by the user.

  • cmdline: This option was specified by the user as a command-line option.

  • cmdflags: This option was specified in the EMAKEFLAGS environment variable.

  • env: This option was specified in the environment (outside of EMAKEFLAGS).

  • conf: This option was specified in a configuration file.

  • cm: This option was specified by the Cluster Manager.

If not present, the origin of the configuration option is default.

Contents

The value of the configuration option described by this tag.