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authorMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2022-01-24 12:13:20 +0100
committerMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2022-02-21 11:02:20 +0100
commitfa30e62cc609ff29f0acaa5047d3f437cb04a67b (patch)
tree73108e68a2d3b5d327f19e1b1dd63e3b0fda52b8 /src
parentcf22191fd8cf7fae22e561e14b3a68e49e39b15c (diff)
doc: Rework generate* doc
Can be reviewed with --word-diff-regex=. --ignore-all-space
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/bitcoin-cli.cpp7
-rw-r--r--src/rpc/mining.cpp36
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index a85a74835d..8062152bb9 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ static void SetupCliArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
argsman.AddArg("-version", "Print version and exit", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-conf=<file>", strprintf("Specify configuration file. Relative paths will be prefixed by datadir location. (default: %s)", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-datadir=<dir>", "Specify data directory", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
- argsman.AddArg("-generate", strprintf("Generate blocks immediately, equivalent to RPC getnewaddress followed by RPC generatetoaddress. Optional positional integer arguments are number of blocks to generate (default: %s) and maximum iterations to try (default: %s), equivalent to RPC generatetoaddress nblocks and maxtries arguments. Example: bitcoin-cli -generate 4 1000", DEFAULT_NBLOCKS, DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+ argsman.AddArg("-generate",
+ strprintf("Generate blocks, equivalent to RPC getnewaddress followed by RPC generatetoaddress. Optional positional integer "
+ "arguments are number of blocks to generate (default: %s) and maximum iterations to try (default: %s), equivalent to "
+ "RPC generatetoaddress nblocks and maxtries arguments. Example: bitcoin-cli -generate 4 1000",
+ DEFAULT_NBLOCKS, DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES),
+ ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-addrinfo", "Get the number of addresses known to the node, per network and total.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-getinfo", "Get general information from the remote server. Note that unlike server-side RPC calls, the results of -getinfo is the result of multiple non-atomic requests. Some entries in the result may represent results from different states (e.g. wallet balance may be as of a different block from the chain state reported)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-netinfo", "Get network peer connection information from the remote server. An optional integer argument from 0 to 4 can be passed for different peers listings (default: 0). Pass \"help\" for detailed help documentation.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
index 0554367672..1d1ae92c58 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan generatetodescriptor()
{
return RPCHelpMan{
"generatetodescriptor",
- "\nMine blocks immediately to a specified descriptor (before the RPC call returns)\n",
+ "Mine to a specified descriptor and return the block hashes.",
{
- {"num_blocks", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "How many blocks are generated immediately."},
+ {"num_blocks", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "How many blocks are generated."},
{"descriptor", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The descriptor to send the newly generated bitcoin to."},
{"maxtries", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES}, "How many iterations to try."},
},
@@ -261,18 +261,18 @@ static RPCHelpMan generate()
static RPCHelpMan generatetoaddress()
{
return RPCHelpMan{"generatetoaddress",
- "\nMine blocks immediately to a specified address (before the RPC call returns)\n",
- {
- {"nblocks", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "How many blocks are generated immediately."},
- {"address", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The address to send the newly generated bitcoin to."},
- {"maxtries", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES}, "How many iterations to try."},
- },
- RPCResult{
- RPCResult::Type::ARR, "", "hashes of blocks generated",
- {
- {RPCResult::Type::STR_HEX, "", "blockhash"},
- }},
- RPCExamples{
+ "Mine to a specified address and return the block hashes.",
+ {
+ {"nblocks", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "How many blocks are generated."},
+ {"address", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The address to send the newly generated bitcoin to."},
+ {"maxtries", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES}, "How many iterations to try."},
+ },
+ RPCResult{
+ RPCResult::Type::ARR, "", "hashes of blocks generated",
+ {
+ {RPCResult::Type::STR_HEX, "", "blockhash"},
+ }},
+ RPCExamples{
"\nGenerate 11 blocks to myaddress\n"
+ HelpExampleCli("generatetoaddress", "11 \"myaddress\"")
+ "If you are using the " PACKAGE_NAME " wallet, you can get a new address to send the newly generated bitcoin to with:\n"
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan generatetoaddress()
static RPCHelpMan generateblock()
{
return RPCHelpMan{"generateblock",
- "\nMine a block with a set of ordered transactions immediately to a specified address or descriptor (before the RPC call returns)\n",
+ "Mine a set of ordered transactions to a specified address or descriptor and return the block hash.",
{
{"output", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The address or descriptor to send the newly generated bitcoin to."},
{"transactions", RPCArg::Type::ARR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "An array of hex strings which are either txids or raw transactions.\n"
@@ -1278,9 +1278,9 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
{ "mining", &submitheader, },
- { "generating", &generatetoaddress, },
- { "generating", &generatetodescriptor, },
- { "generating", &generateblock, },
+ { "hidden", &generatetoaddress, },
+ { "hidden", &generatetodescriptor, },
+ { "hidden", &generateblock, },
{ "util", &estimatesmartfee, },