From: Zooko O'Whielacronx <zooko@zooko.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:19:23 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: explain better how to invoke the tahoe executable when creating and starting... X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.1.0~16 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/specifications/vdrive/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d3e3285eb86d3c3f00f53809e1dcd58cd308ddb8;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs: explain better how to invoke the tahoe executable when creating and starting nodes --- diff --git a/docs/running.html b/docs/running.html index 11a3e98c..5d134147 100644 --- a/docs/running.html +++ b/docs/running.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ have to install the Tahoe source code, as documented in <a href="install.html">install.html</a>.</p> - <p>The <cite>tahoe</cite> executable is used to create, start, and stop + <p>The <cite>tahoe</cite> executable in the <cite>bin</cite> directory is used to create, start, and stop nodes. Each node lives in a separate base directory in which you can add files to configure the node. Nodes also read and write files within that directory.</p> @@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ create a node.</p> <p>To construct an introducer, create a new base directory for it (the name - of the directory is up to you), cd into it, and run "<cite>tahoe + of the directory is up to you), cd into it, and run "<cite><bold>path-to-the-tahoe-bin-directory</bold>/tahoe create-introducer .</cite>". Now start the introducer by running "<cite>tahoe start .</cite>". After it starts, there will be a file named <cite>introducer.furl</cite> in that base directory. This file contains the URL the nodes must use in order to connect to this introducer.</p> - <p>To construct a node run "<cite>tahoe create-client</cite>", which will + <p>To construct a node run "<cite><bold>path-to-the-tahoe-bin-directory</bold>/tahoe create-client</cite>", which will create <cite>~/.tahoe</cite> to be the node's base directory. Acquire a copy of the <cite>introducer.furl</cite> from the introducer and put it into this directory, then run "<cite>tahoe start</cite>". After that, the node should