The configuration language is composed of nine types of statements. Two statement types, directive statements and trace statements, can occur anywhere in the gated.conf file and do not directly relate to the configuration of any protocol. These statements provide instructions to the parser and control tracing from within the configuration file. The other seven statement types are options statements, interface statements, definition statements, protocol statements, static statements, control statements, and aggregate statements. These statements must appear in the configuration file in the correct order, starting with options statements and ending with aggregate statements. Entering a statement out of order causes an error when parsing the file.

The remainder of this appendix provides a description of all commands in the gated configuration language, organized by statement type.

B. A gated Reference		B.3. Directive Statements