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diff --git a/man/sync.conf.5 b/man/sync.conf.5 index e0e49262..20b1b90e 100644 --- a/man/sync.conf.5 +++ b/man/sync.conf.5 @@ -1,8 +1,5 @@ .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . -.TH "SYNC.CONF" "5" "Apr 16, 2023" "0.9" "GNU Taler" -.SH NAME -sync.conf \- Sync configuration file . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . @@ -30,6 +27,9 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. +.TH "SYNC.CONF" "5" "May 18, 2023" "0.9" "GNU Taler" +.SH NAME +sync.conf \- Sync configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION .sp The configuration file is line\-oriented. @@ -65,6 +65,46 @@ Values that represent an amount are in the usual amount syntax: \fBCURRENCY:VALUE.FRACTION\fP, e.g. \fBEUR:1.50\fP\&. The \fBFRACTION\fP portion may extend up to 8 places. .sp +The “[PATHS]” section is special in that it contains paths that can be +referenced using “$” in other configuration values that specify +\fIfilenames\fP\&. Note that configuration options that are not specifically +retrieved by the application as \fIfilenames\fP will not see “$”\-expressions +expanded. To expand “$”\-expressions when using \fBtaler\-config\fP, you must pass +the \fB\-f\fP command\-line option. +.sp +The system automatically pre\-populates the “[PATHS]” section with a few values +at run\-time in addition to the values that are in the actual configuration +file. These automatically generated values refer to installation properties +from \fI\%GNU autoconf\fP\&. The +values are usually dependent on an \fBINSTALL_PREFIX\fP which is determined by +the \fB\-\-prefix\fP option given to configure. The canonical values are: +.INDENT 0.0 +.INDENT 3.5 +.INDENT 0.0 +.IP \(bu 2 +LIBEXECDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/taler/libexec/ +.IP \(bu 2 +DOCDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/doc/taler/ +.IP \(bu 2 +ICONDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/icons/ +.IP \(bu 2 +LOCALEDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/locale/ +.IP \(bu 2 +PREFIX = $INSTALL_PREFIX/ +.IP \(bu 2 +BINDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/ +.IP \(bu 2 +LIBDIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/taler/ +.IP \(bu 2 +DATADIR = $INSTALL_PREFIX/share/taler/ +.UNINDENT +.UNINDENT +.UNINDENT +.sp +Note that on some platforms, the given paths may differ depending +on how the system was compiled or installed, the above are just the +canonical locations of the various resources. +.sp Files containing default values for many of the options described below are installed under \fB$PREFIX/share/sync/config.d/\fP\&. The configuration file given with \fB\-c\fP to Sync binaries |