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authormrbandrews <bandrewsny@gmail.com>2016-11-29 12:39:19 -0500
committermrbandrews <bandrewsny@gmail.com>2017-01-10 08:14:50 -0500
commit1fc4ec7bf224748d3d6271bffa23d121f015cbf3 (patch)
treea726cadbb46e5e41932be2f06477a145f16df911 /doc
parent5754e0341b7c033d4caf99534aca47e9981bd7ed (diff)
Add pruneblockchain RPC to enable manual block file pruning.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/man/bitcoin-qt.112
-rw-r--r--doc/man/bitcoind.112
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
index 24b529dac1..2129a151e2 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid)
.HP
\fB\-prune=\fR<n>
.IP
-Reduce storage requirements by pruning (deleting) old blocks. This mode
-is incompatible with \fB\-txindex\fR and \fB\-rescan\fR. Warning: Reverting
-this setting requires re\-downloading the entire blockchain.
-(default: 0 = disable pruning blocks, >550 = target size in MiB
-to use for block files)
+Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old blocks.
+This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to delete specific blocks,
+and enables automatic pruning of old blocks if a target size in MiB is
+provided. This mode is incompatible with \fB\-txindex\fR and \fB\-rescan\fR.
+Warning: Reverting this setting requires re\-downloading the entire blockchain.
+(default: 0 = disable pruning blocks, 1 = allow manual pruning via RPC, >550 =
+automatically prune block files to stay under the specified target size in MiB)
.HP
\fB\-reindex\-chainstate\fR
.IP
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoind.1 b/doc/man/bitcoind.1
index b99657a5fa..47539d8131 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoind.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoind.1
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid)
.HP
\fB\-prune=\fR<n>
.IP
-Reduce storage requirements by pruning (deleting) old blocks. This mode
-is incompatible with \fB\-txindex\fR and \fB\-rescan\fR. Warning: Reverting
-this setting requires re\-downloading the entire blockchain.
-(default: 0 = disable pruning blocks, >550 = target size in MiB
-to use for block files)
+Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old blocks.
+This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to delete specific blocks,
+and enables automatic pruning of old blocks if a target size in MiB is
+provided. This mode is incompatible with \fB\-txindex\fR and \fB\-rescan\fR.
+Warning: Reverting this setting requires re\-downloading the entire blockchain.
+(default: 0 = disable pruning blocks, 1 = allow manual pruning via RPC, >550 =
+automatically prune block files to stay under the specified target size in MiB)
.HP
\fB\-reindex\-chainstate\fR
.IP