From 1dab6cf4cbb35e27dd1d13f7deeb3e25f7dfcd5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Hahn Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:41:33 +0200 Subject: Document multiline options in the manpage --- changes/torrc_continuation | 1 + doc/tor.1.txt | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/changes/torrc_continuation b/changes/torrc_continuation index f40e970c0..f63937e42 100644 --- a/changes/torrc_continuation +++ b/changes/torrc_continuation @@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ - Support line continuations in torrc. If a line ends with a single backslash character, the newline is ignored, and the configuration value is treated as continuing on the next line. + Implements bug 1929. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 3b7e30bdf..8c581c407 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ Other options can be specified either on the command-line (--option value), or in the configuration file (option value or option "value"). Options are case-insensitive. C-style escaped characters are allowed inside quoted values. Options on the command line take precedence over - options found in the configuration file. + options found in the configuration file, except indicated otherwise. To + split one configuration entry into multiple lines, use a single \ before + the end of the line. Comments can be used in such multiline entries, but + they must start at the beginning of a line. **BandwidthRate** __N__ **bytes**|**KB**|**MB**|**GB**:: A token bucket limits the average incoming bandwidth usage on this node to -- cgit v1.2.3