Add the ability to query configuration variables to tincctl.

[meshlink] / doc / tinc.texi

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
index 876fe4384f55687c3d642427353bc36e9c546cac..b2236b4bad04cfa9533214a5b5bfb4283a4659f4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.texi
+++ b/doc/tinc.texi
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ tinc's efficiency, even stopping the daemon for a few seconds everytime
 it does a lookup if your DNS server is not responding.
 
 This does not affect resolving hostnames to IP addresses from the
-configuration file.
+configuration file, but whether hostnames should be resolved while logging.
 
 @cindex Interface
 @item Interface = <@var{interface}>
@@ -2044,6 +2044,11 @@ the value of this environment variable is used.
 Create initial configuration files and RSA and ECDSA keypairs with default length.
 If no @var{name} for this node is given, it will be asked for.
 
+@item config [get] @var{variable}
+Print the current value of configuration variable @var{variable}.
+If more than one variable with the same name exists,
+the value of each of them will be printed on a separate line.
+
 @item config [set] @var{variable} @var{value}
 Set configuration variable @var{variable} to the given @var{value}.
 All previously existing configuration variables with the same name are removed.
@@ -2060,6 +2065,16 @@ If no @var{value} is given, all configuration variables with the same name will
 Start an editor for the given configuration file.
 You do not need to specify the full path to the file.
 
+@item export
+Export the host configuration file of the local node to standard output.
+
+@item export-all
+Export all host configuration files to standard output.
+
+@item import [--force]
+Import host configuration file(s) from standard input.
+Already existing host configuration files are not overwritten unless the option --force is used.
+
 @item start [tincd options]
 Start @samp{tincd}, optionally with the given extra options.
 
@@ -2153,6 +2168,7 @@ 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
+tincctl -n vpn export | gpg --clearsign | mail -s "My config" vpnmaster@@example.com
 @end example
 
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