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.\" Title: onnode
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-.\" Date: 12/08/2009
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 02/05/2010
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.\" Language: English
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-.TH "ONNODE" "1" "12/08/2009" "" ""
+.TH "ONNODE" "1" "02/05/2010" "" ""
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.\" * set default formatting
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.PP
\-f <file>
.RS 4
-Specify an alternative nodes file to use instead of
-/etc/ctdb/nodes\&. This overrides the CTDB_NODES_FILE environment variable\&.
+Specify an alternative nodes file to use instead of the default\&. This option overrides the CTDB_NODES_FILE environment variable\&. See the discussion of
+/etc/ctdb/nodes
+in the FILES section for more details\&.
.RE
.PP
\-v
.PP
\fBCTDB_NODES_FILE\fR
.RS 4
-Name of alternative nodes file to use instead of
-/etc/ctdb/nodes\&.
+Name of alternative nodes file to use instead of the default\&. See the discussion of
+/etc/ctdb/nodes
+in the FILES section for more details\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/ctdb/nodes
.RS 4
Default file containing a list of each node\'s IP address or hostname\&.
+.sp
+Actually, the default is
+$\fBCTDB_BASE\fR/nodes, where
+\fB$CTDB_BASE\fR
+defaults to
+/etc/ctdb\&. If a relative path is given (via the \-f option or
+\fB$CTDB_BASE\fR) and no corresponding file exists relative to the current directory then the file is also searched for in the
+$\fBCTDB_BASE\fR
+directory\&.
.RE
.PP
/etc/ctdb/onnode\&.conf