[Pkg-anonymity-tools] [onionshare] 02/10: improve manpage

Ulrike Uhlig u-guest at moszumanska.debian.org
Tue Sep 2 17:31:17 UTC 2014


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commit ffb667d819b961f245f458f925f72c2cbf5f341a
Author: Ulrike Uhlig <u at 451f.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 2 00:54:56 2014 +0200

    improve manpage
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 debian/onionshare.1 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/onionshare.1 b/debian/onionshare.1
index 116328c..8d983b6 100644
--- a/debian/onionshare.1
+++ b/debian/onionshare.1
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ onionshare \- a tool for anonymously sharing files over a temporarily set up Tor
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B onionshare
-.RI [ options ] 
+.RI [ options ]
 .RI filename
 .br
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-\fBonionshare\fP lets you anonymously share files. It doesn't require setting up a server on the Internet somewhere or using a third party filesharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor hidden service to make it temporarily accessible over the Internet. It generates an unguessable URL to access and download the file.  The other user just needs to use Tor or the Tor Browser to download the file from you.
+\fBonionshare\fP lets you anonymously share files. It doesn't require setting up a server on the Internet somewhere or using a third party filesharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor hidden service to make it temporarily accessible over the Internet. Onionshare will in fact set the hidden service up for you. It then generates an unguessable URL to access and download the file. The person you want to share the file with just needs to use Tor or the Tor Browse [...]
+.br
+It takes around 30 seconds until the hidden service is available over the Tor network.
+.br
+Oonionshare's default behaviour is to shut down the hidden service and to stop when the file has been downloaded.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .B

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