docs: fix helper.txt to describe new config style

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Zooko O'Whielacronx 2009-12-24 14:35:22 -08:00
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Allmydata "Tahoe" Architecture
Tahoe-LAFS Architecture
(See the docs/specifications directory for more details.)
OVERVIEW

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much free disk space as there will be simultaneous uploads. When an upload
is interrupted, that space will be used for a longer period of time.
To turn a Tahoe client node into a helper (i.e. to run a helper service in
addition to whatever else that node is doing), just create a file in your
node's base directory named "run_helper", and put any non-empty string in it.
Then restart the node:
To turn a Tahoe-LAFS node into a helper (i.e. to run a helper service in
addition to whatever else that node is doing), edit the tahoe.cfg file in your
node's base directory and set "enabled = true" in the section named
"[helper]". Then restart the node:
echo "yes" >$BASEDIR/run_helper
tahoe restart $BASEDIR