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diff --git a/pica-node.8 b/pica-node.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdf6521 --- /dev/null +++ b/pica-node.8 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + +.TH pica-node 8 +.SH NAME +pica-node \- start the node for Pica Pica Messenger distributed network +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pica-node +[\-f configuration file] [\-v | \-vv | \-vvv] +.SH DESCRIPTION +Pica Pica node serves Pica Pica distributed network. It authenticates users, +provides info about other existing nodes and online users, routes encrypted +connections between users. +.PP +.B pica-node +listens for TCP connections from clients and other nodes. On startup it loads +nodelist database and tries to connect to each node listed there. At least one +node should be alive for successful join to Pica Pica distributed network. +.B + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\-h +display help +.TP +\-f +.I config_file_name + +Specifies the name of the configuration file. The default is /etc/pica-node.conf +.TP +\-v +Verbose mode. This is helpful in debugging problems. Multiple -v options +increase the verbosity. The maximum is 3. +.SH FILES +.TP +.I /etc/pica-node.conf +Configuration file. See +.BR pica-node.conf (5) +for details +.TP +.I /var/lib/pica-node/nodelist.db +Nodelist database. This is SQLite 3 database file. +.TP +.I /usr/share/pica-node/CA.pem +Certificate Authority X509 certificate in .pem format +.SH AUTHOR +Anton Sviridenko (anton (at) picapica.im, anton (at) picapica.ge) +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pica-node.conf(5) + +.BR http://picapica.im + |