Merge pull request #2195 from ipfs/feature/env-var-docs

Added env var info to init, dameon help
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Juan Benet 2016-01-15 11:48:50 -05:00
commit ab73ddbf3e
2 changed files with 17 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ Shutdown
To shutdown, kill, quit, or otherwise stop the daemon, send a SIGTERM signal.
If it persists, send a second. This can be done by pressing Ctrl+C twice.
IPFS_PATH environment variable
ipfs uses a repository in the local file system. By default, the repo is located
at ~/.ipfs. To change the repo location, set the $IPFS_PATH environment variable:
export IPFS_PATH=/path/to/ipfsrepo
DEPRECATION NOTICE
Previously, IPFS used an environment variable as seen below:

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@ -21,7 +21,16 @@ const nBitsForKeypairDefault = 2048
var initCmd = &cmds.Command{
Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
Tagline: "Initializes IPFS config file",
ShortDescription: "Initializes IPFS configuration files and generates a new keypair.",
ShortDescription: `
Initializes IPFS configuration files and generates a new keypair.
IPFS_PATH environment variable
ipfs uses a repository in the local file system. By default, the repo is located
at ~/.ipfs. To change the repo location, set the $IPFS_PATH environment variable:
export IPFS_PATH=/path/to/ipfsrepo
`,
},
Options: []cmds.Option{