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diff --git a/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst b/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst index f3036bef..b1beaf26 100644 --- a/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst +++ b/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst @@ -30,12 +30,15 @@ the exchange’s long-term offline signing key and should be run in a secure subcommands as arguments which are then processed sequentially. The tool includes two subcommands to interact *online* with the exchange's -REST APIs. The ``download`` subcommand downloads the future public keys from the -running exchange. The resulting data serves as input to the ``sign`` and ``show`` -subcommands. The ``upload`` subcommand uploads the signatures created with the -private master key to the exchange. It handles the output of all subcommands -(except ``download``). The ``download`` and ``upload`` subcommands must naturally be -run "online" and do not require access to the offline key. +REST APIs. To determine how to talk to the exchange, these two subcommands +rely on the ``BASE_URL`` configuration option from the ``[exchange]`` section +of the configuration file. The ``download`` subcommand downloads the future +public keys from the running exchange. The resulting data serves as input to +the ``sign`` and ``show`` subcommands. The ``upload`` subcommand uploads the +signatures created with the private master key to the exchange. It handles +the output of all subcommands (except ``download``). The ``download`` and +``upload`` subcommands must naturally be run "online" and do not require +access to the offline key. All other subcommands are intended to be run "offline". However, especially when testing, it is of course possible to run the subcommands online as well. |