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| author | mrbandrews <[email protected]> | 2016-11-29 12:39:19 -0500 |
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| committer | mrbandrews <[email protected]> | 2017-01-10 08:14:50 -0500 |
| commit | 1fc4ec7bf224748d3d6271bffa23d121f015cbf3 (patch) | |
| tree | a726cadbb46e5e41932be2f06477a145f16df911 /doc | |
| parent | Merge #8811: rpc: Add support for JSON-RPC named arguments (diff) | |
| download | discoin-1fc4ec7bf224748d3d6271bffa23d121f015cbf3.tar.xz discoin-1fc4ec7bf224748d3d6271bffa23d121f015cbf3.zip | |
Add pruneblockchain RPC to enable manual block file pruning.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1 | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/bitcoind.1 | 12 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1 index 24b529dac..2129a151e 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 b99657a5f..47539d813 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 |