[tor-bugs] #13913 [Tor]: Undocumented HS behavior with relative paths

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#13913: Undocumented HS behavior with relative paths
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 Reporter:  atagar   |          Owner:
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  trivial  |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor      |        Version:
 Keywords:           |  Actual Points:
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 Tor accepts relative paths for HiddenServiceDir...

 {{{
 >>> GETCONF HiddenServiceOptions
 250-HiddenServiceDir=hidden_service_example
 250 HiddenServicePort=80 127.0.0.1:5000
 }}}

 This seems to result in the HiddenServiceDir being relative of the tor
 process' cwd, rather than the DataDir which I kinda expected. This is all
 well and good, but should be [https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-
 manual.html.en#HiddenServiceDir noted in the manpage].

 It's a tiny bit unfortunate that 'GETCONF HidddenServiceOptions' then
 provides back relative paths, since controllers need to read the
 HiddenServiceDir to determine the hostname (at least until #1949), but not
 a terribly big whoop. :)

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