[tor-bugs] #7059 [Tor]: TorControl: Unrecognized (node) key errors

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#7059: TorControl: Unrecognized (node) key errors
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 Reporter:  mr-4                   |          Owner:  aagbsn            
     Type:  defect                 |         Status:  needs_information 
 Priority:  normal                 |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified  
Component:  Tor                    |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.3-alpha
 Keywords:  tor-client controller  |         Parent:                    
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Comment(by mr-4):

 OK, I finally got this working. There are a few, what I'd consider,
 inconsistencies with node/function definitions as described below though:

 1. desc/id/node seems to only accept the "$XXX" syntax as node ID, where
 "X" is the hash id of the node in question - in *uppercase*.

 2. ns/id/node seems to *only* accept the "xxx" syntax as node ID, where
 "x" is the hash id of the node in question - in *lowercase*. Please note
 that the "$" is not accepted, hence the mysterious "Data not decodeable as
 hex" error I was getting previously if I include "$".

 3. ns/id/node is *not* universal! In other words, it doesn't seem to
 recognise nodes which do not use microdescriptors. I am getting
 "Unrecognised Key" errors when I use this command for nodes, which are
 defined in my "cached-descriptors{.new}" files.

 Apart from the above inconsistencies, when the right format is applied for
 the right commands as described above, everything seems to work.

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