From 383063f2b53a8bd5aa35d8003b9f7bf16fb0b65e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 19:36:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify accountingmax in man page svn:r4151 --- doc/tor.1.in | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in index 8cb99bf075..d12c887923 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.in +++ b/doc/tor.1.in @@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ uploaded whenever it changes. (Default: 20 minutes.) \fBAccountingMax \fR\fIN\fR \fBbytes\fR|\fBKB\fR|\fBMB\fR|\fBGB\fR|\fBTB\fP Never send more than the specified number of bytes in a given accounting period, or receive more than that number in the period. +For example, with AccountingMax set to 1 GB, a server could send 900 MB +and receive 800 MB and continue running. It will only hibernate once one +of the two reaches 1 GB. When the number of bytes is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some time in the next accounting period. To prevent all servers from waking at the same time, Tor will also wait until a random point in