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| author | Jon Atack <jon@atack.com> | 2022-02-16 18:34:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Jon Atack <jon@atack.com> | 2022-02-16 18:38:37 +0100 |
| commit | a4da16fbd43ea1fff344f1602f7a5ace3d4a8a95 (patch) | |
| tree | 5623b778df5087e6a08964127887109b8f08ad47 /src/bitcoin-cli.cpp | |
| parent | 7164e00e1bc4e30e69b38a7ba9c557d4fc5d5f87 (diff) | |
Improve -netinfo help based on feedback from users and devs
- clarify that the peer counts table is of reachable networks
- a few other clarifications
Diffstat (limited to 'src/bitcoin-cli.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bitcoin-cli.cpp | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp index 6557360a71..a85a74835d 100644 --- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp +++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp @@ -606,8 +606,9 @@ public: "Suggestion: use with the Linux watch(1) command for a live dashboard; see example below.\n\n" "Arguments:\n" + strprintf("1. level (integer 0-%d, optional) Specify the info level of the peers dashboard (default 0):\n", MAX_DETAIL_LEVEL) + - " 0 - Connection counts and local addresses\n" - " 1 - Like 0 but with a peers listing (without address or version columns)\n" + " 0 - Peer counts for each reachable network as well as for block relay peers\n" + " and manual peers, and the list of local addresses and ports\n" + " 1 - Like 0 but preceded by a peers listing (without address and version columns)\n" " 2 - Like 1 but with an address column\n" " 3 - Like 1 but with a version column\n" " 4 - Like 1 but with both address and version columns\n" @@ -645,13 +646,13 @@ public: " id Peer index, in increasing order of peer connections since node startup\n" " address IP address and port of the peer\n" " version Peer version and subversion concatenated, e.g. \"70016/Satoshi:21.0.0/\"\n\n" - "* The connection counts table displays the number of peers by direction, network, and the totals\n" - " for each, as well as two special outbound columns for block relay peers and manual peers.\n\n" + "* The peer counts table displays the number of peers for each reachable network as well as\n" + " the number of block relay peers and manual peers.\n\n" "* The local addresses table lists each local address broadcast by the node, the port, and the score.\n\n" "Examples:\n\n" - "Connection counts and local addresses only\n" + "Peer counts table of reachable networks and list of local addresses\n" "> bitcoin-cli -netinfo\n\n" - "Compact peers listing\n" + "The same, preceded by a peers listing without address and version columns\n" "> bitcoin-cli -netinfo 1\n\n" "Full dashboard\n" + strprintf("> bitcoin-cli -netinfo %d\n\n", MAX_DETAIL_LEVEL) + |