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Installation and Configuration
Command and Utility Reference : Managing installation configurations : configutil : FORCE_OVERRIDE
 
FORCE_OVERRIDE
If you want to always overwrite some specific setting during import, you can use the FORCE_OVERRIDE option. For example, there can be a path value that you may want to overwrite during import even if the OVERRIDE_PATHS entry is set to false. This option can be specified in the configutil.properties file as shown below:
[Setting Name]
FORCE_OVERRIDE:(PropertyHierarchy).propertyName
The format of PropertyHierarchy is:
ParentSection/ChildSection[/ChildSection/...])
How to override a setting in the startup.pf file
If you have set OVERRIDE_PATHNAME=false, but want to overwrite a single setting in startup.pf such as “-k c:\test\foo.txt” in the startup.pf file, you must add the following in the configutil.properties file:
[$DLC/startup.pf]
FORCE_OVERRIDE:.-k