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@@ -6,39 +6,50 @@ gnunet\-identity \- create, delete or list egos
6[options] 6[options]
7.SH DESCRIPTION 7.SH DESCRIPTION
8.PP 8.PP
9gnunet\-identity is a tool for managing egos. An ego is the persona that controls a namespace. It is identical to a public\-private ECC key pair. 9gnunet\-identity is a tool for managing egos. An ego is the persona
10that controls a namespace. It is identical to a public\-private ECC
11key pair.
10 12
11gnunet\-identity can be used to list all of the egos that were created locally, to create new egos, and to delete existing egos (the namespace will continue to exist, but it will be impossible to add additional data to it). 13gnunet\-identity can be used to list all of the egos that were created
14locally, to create new egos, and to delete existing egos (the
15namespace will continue to exist, but it will be impossible to add
16additional data to it).
12 17
13Creating a new ego requires using the \-C option together with an identifier (name) that is to be used for the new ego. This identifier is only used locally for this peer and not shared with other peers. 18Creating a new ego requires using the \-C option together with an
19identifier (name) that is to be used for the new ego. This identifier
20is only used locally for this peer and not shared with other peers.
14 21
15.TP 22.TP
16\fB\-C NAME\fR, \fB\-\-create=NAME\fR 23\fB\-C NAME\fR, \fB\-\-create=NAME\fR Creates a new ego with the given
17Creates a new ego with the given NAME. 24NAME.
18 25
19.TP 26.TP
20\fB\-D NAME\fR, \fB\-\-delete=NAME\fR 27\fB\-D NAME\fR, \fB\-\-delete=NAME\fR Delete the ego with the given
21Delete the ego with the given NAME. 28NAME.
22 29
23.TP 30.TP
24\fB\-e NAME\fR, \fB\-\-ego=NAME\fR 31\fB\-e NAME\fR, \fB\-\-ego=NAME\fR Perform "set" operation with the
25Perform "set" operation with the respective ego. Needs to be used together with option \-s. 32respective ego. Needs to be used together with option \-s.
26 33
27.TP 34.TP
28\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR 35\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Print help page.
29Print help page.
30 36
31.TP 37.TP
32\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-display\fR 38\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-display\fR display all of our egos
33display all of our egos
34 39
35.TP 40.TP
36\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-monitor\fR 41\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-monitor\fR run in monitor mode, listing all ouf our
37run in monitor mode, listing all ouf our egos until CTRL-C is pressed. Each ego is listed together with a unique pointer value; if egos are renamed, that pointer value remains the same; if egos are deleted, they are listed one more time with a name of "<null>". 42egos until CTRL-C is pressed. Each ego is listed together with a
43unique pointer value; if egos are renamed, that pointer value remains
44the same; if egos are deleted, they are listed one more time with a
45name of "<null>".
38 46
39.TP 47.TP
40\fB\-s SUBSYSTEM\fR, \fB\-\-set=SUBSYSTEM\fR 48\fB\-s SUBSYSTEM\fR, \fB\-\-set=SUBSYSTEM\fR Perform "set" operation
41Perform "set" operation for the specified SUBSYSTEM with the respective ego. Needs to be used together with option \-e. After this, the given SUBSYSTEM will use the ego with the specified NAME. This will fail if NAME does not yet exist. 49for the specified SUBSYSTEM with the respective ego. Needs to be used
50together with option \-e. After this, the given SUBSYSTEM will use
51the ego with the specified NAME. This will fail if NAME does not yet
52exist.
42 53
43 54
44.SH FILES 55.SH FILES