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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 9b2ae82c8..aa9303c2f 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1898,7 +1898,10 @@ 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 @@ -1907,6 +1910,12 @@ __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. |