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RfB uses the prman command-line mechanism as described above, including the use of the RMAN_STATS_CONFIG_PATH override environment variable. Interactive configuration of live stats is available in the Blender preferences.

• picks up stats.ini in local directory if env not set?

Katana

If the RMAN_STATS_CONFIG_PATH environment variable is set RfK will use that search path to look for a file named stats.ini.Picks up stats.ini in local directory if env not set

If no file is found the default configuration will be used (live stats enabled, no listeners, no JSON report)

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