Add note on relative paths, improve formatting #6512

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unsystemizer commented at 6:10 AM on August 4, 2015: contributor

Added "conf, pid, and wallet accept relative paths which are interpreted as relative to the data directory. wallet only supports relative paths."

Add note on relative paths, improve formatting

Added "conf, pid, and wallet accept relative paths which are interpreted as relative to the data directory. wallet only supports relative paths."

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unsystemizer cross-referenced this on Aug 4, 2015 from issue --conf confused by relative path by unsystemizer
laanwj commented at 1:09 PM on August 4, 2015: member

Looks good to me.
laanwj added the label Docs and Output on Aug 4, 2015
laanwj commented at 1:19 PM on August 4, 2015: member

But an easier-to-find place may be to mention it in the --help messages for the appropriate options in init.cpp itself.
in doc/init.md:None in fc25a8748e
```
  32 | @@ -33,24 +33,26 @@ If bitcoind is run with "-daemon" flag, and no rpcpassword is set, it will
  33 |  print a randomly generated suitable password to stderr.  You can also
```
sipa commented at 5:33 PM on August 4, 2015:

Not related to this PR, but this is no longer the case, right? It will generate a cookie instead.

fanquake commented at 3:37 AM on August 7, 2015:

Correct. It was changed in #6388
fanquake cross-referenced this on Aug 7, 2015 from issue Update init doc to mention cookie authentication by fanquake
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