"tincctl info" gives more human readable information about nodes or subnets.

[tinc] / doc / tincctl.8.in

diff --git a/doc/tincctl.8.in b/doc/tincctl.8.in
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@@ -47,9 +47,34 @@ option, the value of this environment variable is used.
 .Sh COMMANDS
 .zZ
 .Bl -tag -width indent
-.It start
+.It init Op Ar name
+Create initial configuration files and RSA and ECDSA keypairs with default length.
+If no
+.Ar name
+for this node is given, it will be asked for.
+.It config Oo set Oc Ar variable Ar value
+Set configuration variable
+.Ar variable
+to the given
+.Ar value .
+All previously existing configuration variables with the same name are removed.
+To set a variable for a specific host, use the notation
+.Ar host Ns Li . Ns Ar variable .
+.It config add Ar variable Ar value
+As above, but without removing any previously existing configuration variables.
+.It config del Ar variable Op Ar value
+Remove configuration variables with the same name and
+.Ar value .
+If no
+.Ar value
+is given, all configuration variables with the same name will be removed.
+.It edit Ar filename
+Start an editor for the given configuration file.
+You do not need to specify the full path to the file.
+.It start Op tincd options
 Start
-.Xr tincd 8 .
+.Xr tincd 8 ,
+optionally with the given extra options.
 .It stop
 Stop
 .Xr tincd 8 .
@@ -76,6 +101,7 @@ If
 is omitted, the default length will be 2048 bits.
 When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys;
 you have to remove them manually.
+
 .It dump nodes
 Dump a list of all known nodes in the VPN.
 .It dump edges
@@ -88,11 +114,18 @@ Dump a list of all meta connections with ourself.
 Dump a graph of the VPN in
 .Xr dotty 1
 format.
+.It info Ar node | subnet | address
+Show information about a particular node, subnet or address.
+If an address is given, any matching subnet will be shown.
 .It purge
 Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
 .It debug Ar N
 Sets debug level to
 .Ar N .
+.It log Op Ar N
+Capture log messages from a running tinc daemon.
+An optional debug level can be given that will be applied only for log messages sent to
+.Nm tincctl .
 .It retry
 Forces
 .Xr tincd 8
@@ -130,7 +163,15 @@ Examples of some commands:
 tincctl -n vpn dump graph | circo -Txlib
 tincctl -n vpn pcap | tcpdump -r -
 tincctl -n vpn top
+.Pp
 .Ed
+Example of configuring tinc using
+.Nm :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+tincctl -n vpn init foo
+tincctl -n vpn config Subnet 192.168.1.0/24
+tincctl -n vpn config bar.Address bar.example.com
+tincctl -n vpn config ConnectTo bar
 .Sh TOP
 The top command connects to a running tinc daemon and repeatedly queries its per-node traffic counters.
 It displays a list of all the known nodes in the left-most column,