.TH TAHOE 1 "July 2011" "Tahoe-LAFS \[em] tahoe command" "User Commands" .SH NAME .PP tahoe - Secure distributed filesystem. .SH SYNOPSIS .PP tahoe \f[I]COMMAND\f[] [\f[I]OPTION\f[]]... [\f[I]PARAMETER\f[]]... .SH GENERAL OPTIONS .TP .B \f[B]-q,\ --quiet\f[] Operate silently. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]-V,\ --version\f[] Display version numbers. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]--version-and-path\f[] Display version numbers and paths to their locations. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]-d,\ --node-directory\f[] Specify which Tahoe node directory should be used. (default for most commands: `$HOME/.tahoe') .RS .RE .SH COMMANDS .PP The \f[B]tahoe\f[] runner can be used for various tasks depending on the command used. .SS ADMINISTRATION .PP tahoe \f[I]COMMAND\f[] [\f[I]OPTION\f[]]... [\f[I]NODEDIR\f[]] .RS .SS COMMANDS .TP .B \f[B]create-node\f[] Create a node that acts as a client, server or both. .TP .B \f[B]create-client\f[] Create a client node (with storage initially disabled). .TP .B \f[B]create-introducer\f[] Create an introducer node. .TP .B \f[B]create-key-generator\f[] Create a key generator service. .TP .B \f[B]create-stats-gatherer\f[] Create a stats-gatherer service. .SS OPTIONS .TP .B \f[B]-C,\ --basedir=\f[] Same as \[em]node-directory. .TP .B \f[B]-d,\ --node-directory=\f[] Specify which Tahoe node directory should be used. (default for \f[B]create-node\f[] and \f[B]create-client\f[]: `$HOME/.tahoe/'). .TP .B \f[B]-n,\ --nickname=\f[] Specify the nickname for this node (\f[B]create-node\f[] and \f[B]create-client\f[] only). .TP .B \f[B]-i,\ --introducer=\f[] Specify the introducer FURL to use (\f[B]create-node\f[] and \f[B]create-client\f[] only). .TP .B \f[B]-p,\ --webport=\f[] Specify which TCP port to run the HTTP interface on. Use `none' to disable. Default: `tcp:3456:interface=127.0.0.1' (\f[B]create-node\f[] and \f[B]create-client\f[] only). .TP .B \f[B]--no-storage\f[] Do not offer storage service to other nodes (\f[B]create-node\f[] only). .RE .SS CONTROLLING NODES .PP tahoe \f[I]COMMAND\f[] [\f[I]OPTION\f[]]... [\f[I]NODEDIR\f[]] .SS COMMANDS .TP .B \f[B]start\f[] Start a node (of any type). .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]stop\f[] Stop a node. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]restart\f[] Restart a node. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]run\f[] Run a node synchronously. .RS .RE .SS OPTIONS .TP .B \f[B]-p,\ --profile\f[] Run under the Python profiler, putting results in `profiling_results.prof' (use with \f[B]start\f[] or \f[B]restart\f[] only). .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]--syslog\f[] Tell the node to log to syslog, not a file (use with \f[B]start\f[] or \f[B]restart\f[] only). .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]-C,\ --basedir=\f[] Same as \[em]node-directory. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]-d,\ --node-directory=\f[] Specify which Tahoe node directory should be used (default for commands other than \f[B]run\f[]: `$HOME/.tahoe/'). .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]--help\f[] Display help and exit .RS .RE .SS USING THE FILSYSTEM .TP .B \f[B]mkdir\f[] Create a new directory. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]add-alias\f[] Add a new alias cap. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]create-alias\f[] Create a new alias cap. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]list-aliases\f[] List all alias caps. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]ls\f[] List a directory. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]get\f[] Retrieve a file from the grid. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]put\f[] Upload a file into the grid. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]cp\f[] Copy one or more files or directories. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]unlink\f[] Unlink a file or directory on the grid. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]rm\f[] Unlink a file or directory on the grid (same as \f[B]unlink\f[]). .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]mv\f[] Move a file within the grid. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]ln\f[] Make an additional link to an existing file or directory. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]backup\f[] Make target dir look like local dir. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]webopen\f[] Open a web browser to a grid file or directory. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]manifest\f[] List all files/directories in a subtree. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]stats\f[] Print statistics about all files/directories in a subtree. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]check\f[] Check a single file or directory. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]deep-check\f[] Check all files/directories reachable from a starting point .RS .RE .SS OPTIONS .PP Please run `tahoe \f[I]COMMAND\f[] --help' for more details on each command. .SS DEBUGGING .PP tahoe debug \f[I]SUBCOMMAND\f[] [\f[I]OPTION\f[]]... [\f[I]PARAMETER\f[]]... .SS SUBCOMMANDS .TP .B \f[B]dump-share\f[] Unpack and display the contents of a share. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]dump-cap\f[] Unpack a read-cap or write-cap. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]find-shares\f[] Locate sharefiles in node directories. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]catalog-shares\f[] Describe all shares in node dirs. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]corrupt-share\f[] Corrupt a share by flipping a bit. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]repl\f[] Open a Python interpreter. .RS .RE .TP .B \f[B]trial\f[] Run tests using Twisted Trial with the right imports. .RS .RE .PP Please run e.g.\ `tahoe debug dump-share --help' for more details on each subcommand. .SH AUTHORS .PP Tahoe-LAFS has been written by Brian Warner, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn and dozens of others. This manpage was originally written by bertagaz. .SH REPORTING BUGS .PP Please see . .PP For known security issues see . .PP Tahoe-LAFS home page: .PP tahoe-dev mailing list: .SH COPYRIGHT .PP Copyright \@ 2006\[en]2012 The Tahoe-LAFS Software Foundation