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commit 4712f66cac9894d25eca8246da650dcd448e8563
parent 5ef4c14bc1e8491f54165f8eeeb18223ae2e024c
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date:   Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:59:29 +0100

document application ID support (-a command-line option)

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Mdoc/sphinx/manpages/anastasis-gtk.1.rst | 14++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/sphinx/manpages/anastasis-gtk.1.rst b/doc/sphinx/manpages/anastasis-gtk.1.rst @@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ Description key recover and backup operations. +**-a** *ID* \| **--application=**\ \ *ID* + Set the application ID to *ID*. Default is ``anastasis-gtk``. Used + to store different types of secrets from different applications + while using the same user attributes. Basically the application ID + is included in the user attributes. Not changable by the GUI as + only advanced users should even known about this. Applications that + tightly integrate Anastasis should set the application ID to their + respective unique name, for example the GNU Taler wallet may use + ``gnu-taler-wallet`` for the application ID. If anastasis-gtk is + to be used to recover such a secret, the respective application ID + must be provided on the command-line. Users that only use + anastasis-gtk to backup and restore secrets should not set the + application ID, as forgetting the ID makes the secrets irrecoverable. + **-c** *FILENAME* \| **––config=**\ ‌\ *FILENAME* Use the configuration from *FILENAME*.