+ and / usage clarification - Fixes #13158

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Joan Queralt 2015-11-02 01:36:19 +01:00 committed by Nick Mathewson
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@ -128,13 +128,16 @@ complicated for options that are allowed to occur more than once: if you
specify four SOCKSPorts in your configuration file, and one more SOCKSPort on
the command line, the option on the command line will replace __all__ of the
SOCKSPorts in the configuration file. If this isn't what you want, prefix
the option name with a plus sign, and it will be appended to the previous set
of options instead.
the option name with a plus sign (+), and it will be appended to the previous
set of options instead. For example, setting SOCKSPort 9100 will use only
port 9100, but setting +SOCKSPort 9100 will use ports 9100 and 9050 (because
this is the default).
Alternatively, you might want to remove every instance of an option in the
configuration file, and not replace it at all: you might want to say on the
command line that you want no SOCKSPorts at all. To do that, prefix the
option name with a forward slash.
option name with a forward slash (/). You can use the plus sign (+) and the
forward slash (/) in the configuration file and on the command line.
GENERAL OPTIONS
---------------
@ -2557,7 +2560,7 @@ __DataDirectory__**/control_auth_cookie**::
overridden by the CookieAuthFile config option. Regenerated on startup. See
control-spec.txt in https://spec.torproject.org/[torspec] for details.
Only used when cookie authentication is enabled.
__DataDirectory__**/lock**::
This file is used to prevent two Tor instances from using same data
directory. If access to this file is locked, data directory is already