in order to produce the
.BR tripe.cdb (8)
database used by services and other tools.
+.
.SS "General structure"
The configuration file is line-oriented. Blank lines are ignored; lines
beginning with a hash
.B @inherits
key is entirely ignored. In particular, it is never written to the
database.
+.
.SS "Standard keys and their meanings"
The following keys have meanings to programs in the TrIPE suite. Other
keys may be used by separately distributed extensions or for local use.
.TP
.B connect
Shell command for initiating connection to this peer. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B cork
Don't initiate immediate key exchange. Used by
.TP
.B disconnect
Shell command for closing down connection to this peer. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B every
Interval for checking that the peer is still alive and well. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B ifdown
Script to bring down tunnel interface connected to the peer. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B ifname
Interface name to set for the tunnel interface to the peer. Used by
.TP
.B ifup
Script to bring up tunnel interface connected to the peer. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B ifupextra
Script containing additional interface setup. Used by
.TP
.B priv
Tag of the private key to use when communicating with the peer.
+Used by
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B raddr
Remote address for the tunnel interface to the peer. Used by
.TP
.B retries
Number of failed ping attempts before attempting reconnection. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B timeout
Timeout for ping probes. Used by
-.BR watch (8).
+.BR connect (8).
.TP
.B tunnel
Tunnel driver to use when adding the peer. Used by
and
.BR tripe-newpeers (8);
described below.
+.
.SS "Conversion"
This section describes how the textual
.B peers.in
.BR tripe-newpeers (8),
.BR peers.cdb (5),
.BR connect (8),
-.BR watch (8),
.BR tripe-ifup (8).
.
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