Problem:

You may find that this information may be missing in your version of the documentation. The  "What is new" section says that the search order has changed since Server Express 2.2, but the search order that is actually taking place hasn't been detailed within the chapters that talk about the file handler configuration.

Resolution:

Currently (Server Express 4.0 and 5.0) the file handler searches for the configuration file in this order:

1. It checks for an environment variable named EXTFH.  If the environment variable value is not equal to a space, it attempts to open that file.

2. Otherwise, it tries to open using "$COBDIR/etc/extfh.cfg".

3. If that fails, it tries to open "extfh.cfg" in the current working directory.

4. Finally, if that fails, it assumes that there is no configuration file and it takes all the default values for each one of the options.