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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-08-31 18:39:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2012-08-31 18:39:11 -0400 |
| commit | b17bb543dab3e34f5076649707bc74d5d3bd62fd (patch) | |
| tree | c60b4d250e5d931eed18c7b73eec73066f4278f6 | |
| parent | a7a4bbff47c92aa4df0a932492867d1601834118 (diff) | |
| parent | 774979ca4584036d17dd96071ec565955d9f04a7 (diff) | |
| download | tor-b17bb543dab3e34f5076649707bc74d5d3bd62fd.tar.gz tor-b17bb543dab3e34f5076649707bc74d5d3bd62fd.zip | |
Merge branch 'bug6732' into maint-0.2.3
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/bug6732 | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.1.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug6732 b/changes/bug6732 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7a744e014a --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug6732 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Add missing documentation for consensus and microdesc files. Fix for + bug 6732. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 7e0751b2b2..62259b7268 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1882,7 +1882,10 @@ FILES __DataDirectory__**/cached-status/**:: The most recently downloaded network status document for each authority. Each file holds one such document; the filenames are the hexadecimal - identity key fingerprints of the directory authorities. + identity key fingerprints of the directory authorities. Mostly obsolete. + +__DataDirectory__**/cached-consensus** and/or **cached-microdesc-consensus**:: + The most recent consensus network status document we've downloaded. __DataDirectory__**/cached-descriptors** and **cached-descriptors.new**:: These files hold downloaded router statuses. Some routers may appear more @@ -1891,6 +1894,12 @@ __DataDirectory__**/cached-descriptors** and **cached-descriptors.new**:: a given router. The ".new" file is an append-only journal; when it gets too large, all entries are merged into a new cached-descriptors file. +__DataDirectory__**/cached-microdescs** and **cached-microdescs.new**:: + These files hold downloaded microdescriptors. Lines beginning with + @-signs are annotations that contain more information about a given + router. The ".new" file is an append-only journal; when it gets too + large, all entries are merged into a new cached-microdescs file. + __DataDirectory__**/cached-routers** and **cached-routers.new**:: Obsolete versions of cached-descriptors and cached-descriptors.new. When Tor can't find the newer files, it looks here instead. |