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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in index f00b7e524..ead667ea3 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.in +++ b/doc/tor.1.in @@ -1169,8 +1169,12 @@ The tor process stores keys and other data here. 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. .LP .TP +.B \fIDataDirectory\fB/cached-descriptors\fR and \fBcached-descriptors.new\fR +These files hold downloaded router statuses. Some routers may appear more than once; if so, the most recently published descriptor is used. 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-routers file. +.LP +.TP .B \fIDataDirectory\fB/cached-routers\fR and \fBcached-routers.new\fR -These files hold downloaded router statuses. Some routers may appear more than once; if so, the most recently published descriptor is used. The ".new" file is an append-only journal; when it gets too large, all entries are merged into a new cached-routers file. +Obsolete versions of cached-descriptors and cached-descriptors.new. When Tor can't find the newer files, it looks here instead. .LP .TP .B \fIDataDirectory\fP/state |