Document the case in which the env and the command line option are both

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The local config file is `$HOME/.bigchaindb` by default (a file which might not even exist), but you can tell BigchainDB to use a different file by using the `-c` command-line option, e.g. `bigchaindb -c path/to/config_file.json start` The local config file is `$HOME/.bigchaindb` by default (a file which might not even exist), but you can tell BigchainDB to use a different file by using the `-c` command-line option, e.g. `bigchaindb -c path/to/config_file.json start`
or using the `BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable, e.g. `BIGHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH=.my_bigchaindb_config bigchaindb start`. or using the `BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable, e.g. `BIGHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH=.my_bigchaindb_config bigchaindb start`.
Note that the `-c` command line option will always take precedence if both the `BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH` and the `-c` command line option are used.
You can read the current default values in the file [bigchaindb/\_\_init\_\_.py](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/bigchaindb/__init__.py). (The link is to the latest version.) You can read the current default values in the file [bigchaindb/\_\_init\_\_.py](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/bigchaindb/__init__.py). (The link is to the latest version.)