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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2018-12-17 17:54:01 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2018-12-17 17:54:01 -0500
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Document the output of --version
Closes 28889
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+ o Documentation:
+ - Document the exact output of "tor --version". Closes ticket 28889.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
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@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
future version. (This is a warning, not a promise.)
[[opt-version]] **--version**::
- Display Tor version and exit.
+ Display Tor version and exit. The output is a line of the format,
+ "Tor version [version number]."
[[opt-quiet]] **--quiet**|**--hush**::
Override the default console log. By default, Tor starts out logging