From f00ca4a31b21f7fb96bf8ca43975ffdb5a1ab2fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Grothoff Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 01:35:05 +0800 Subject: work on #8017 --- frags/using-taler-config.rst | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'frags') diff --git a/frags/using-taler-config.rst b/frags/using-taler-config.rst index 5e8ffcaa..ba4febb4 100644 --- a/frags/using-taler-config.rst +++ b/frags/using-taler-config.rst @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Using taler-config The tool ``taler-config`` can be used to extract or manipulate configuration values; however, the configuration use the well-known INI file format and is -generally better edited by hand to preserve comments and structure. +generally better edited by hand to preserve comments and structure. Thus, ``taler-config`` should primarily be used +to inspect or understand a configuration that is in place, +and not to update it! Run @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ Run to extract the respective configuration value for option ``$OPTION`` in section ``$SECTION``. -Finally, to change a setting, run +Finally, to change a setting and clobber your entire +configuration file structure, inlining all values and +removing all comments, run .. code-block:: console -- cgit v1.2.3