commit b4c9eb0aab5581c1acb21d2e0e0f3fbb9c57d0b0 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Fri Jun 16 14:44:04 2017 -0400

Document sr-random and diff-cache. --- changes/more-files | 3 +++ doc/tor.1.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changes/more-files b/changes/more-files new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f416201 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/more-files @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Document the "sr-random" file and "diff-cache" directory in the Tor + data directory. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 7544c03..9fd8a97 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -2724,6 +2724,17 @@ __DataDirectory__**/state**:: - A short history of bandwidth usage, as produced in the server descriptors.

+__DataDirectory__**/sr-state**:: + Authority only. State file used to record information about the current + status of the shared-random-value voting state. + +__DataDirectory__**/diff-cache**:: + Directory cache only. Holds older consensuses, and diffs from older + consensuses to the most recent consensus of each type, compressed + in various ways. Each file contains a set of key-value arguments + decribing its contents, followed by a single NUL byte, followed by the + main file contents. + __DataDirectory__**/bw_accounting**:: Used to track bandwidth accounting values (when the current period starts and ends; how much has been read and written so far this period). This file