From: mdw <mdw>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:26:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Various nips and tucks.
X-Git-Tag: 1.0.0pre3^0
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/tripe/commitdiff_plain/1a19f86595b5c07ebf7ca7193093c54a75a15310

Various nips and tucks.
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diff --git a/doc/tripe.8 b/doc/tripe.8
index 9697e0a6..caacbe79 100644
--- a/doc/tripe.8
+++ b/doc/tripe.8
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ tripe \- a simple VPN daemon
 The
 .B tripe
 program is a server which can provide strong IP-level encryption and
-authentication between two co-operating hosts.  The program and its
-protocol are deliberately very simple, to make analysing them easy and
-to help build trust rapidly in the system.
+authentication between co-operating hosts.  The program and its protocol
+are deliberately very simple, to make analysing them easy and to help
+build trust rapidly in the system.
 .SS "Overview"
 The
 .B tripe
@@ -91,17 +91,20 @@ interactively or by simple scripts.
 If not given any command-line arguments,
 .B tripe
 will initialize by following these steps:
-.hP \*o
-It changes directory to
-.BR /var/lib/tripe .
-.hP \*o
+.hP 1.
+It sets the directory named by the
+.B TRIPEDIR
+environment variable (or
+.B /var/lib/tripe
+if the variable is unset) as the current directory.
+.hP 2.
 It acquires a UDP socket with an arbitrary kernel-selected port number.
 It will use this socket to send and receive all communications with its
 peer servers.  The port chosen may be discovered by means of the
 .B PORT
 admin command (see
 .BR tripe\-admin (5)).
-.hP \*o
+.hP 3.
 It loads the private key with the tag or type name
 .B tripe\-dh
 from the Catacomb-format file
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ ready for extracting the public keys of peers as they're introduced.
 They are maintained using the program
 .BR key (1)
 provided with the Catacomb distribution.)
-.hP \*o
+.hP 4.
 It creates and listens to the Unix-domain socket
 .BR tripesock .
 .PP
diff --git a/doc/tripectl.1 b/doc/tripectl.1
index 1168a03c..e24a018c 100644
--- a/doc/tripectl.1
+++ b/doc/tripectl.1
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ Options:
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B tripectl
-is a simple client which can be used, either interactively or from a
-script, to send commands to and read status information from a running
+program is a simple client which can be used, either interactively or
+from a script, to send commands to and read status information from a
+running
 .BR tripe (8)
 server.  It can also be used to start
 .BR tripe (8),