From fa746716ce56cc3e71fc5f82630e25235575c6f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Hearn Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 11:08:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Another README fix --- README | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 57e7e7b99..be80f233e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ you should get them back a few minutes later when a block is solved. You can also use a command line tool that exposes basic Bitcoin operations - ./wallet-tool (on UNIX, if you have Maven installed) - mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=WalletTool --help (on other platforms) +On UNIX: + cd tools + ./wallet-tool + +On other platforms, do what the shell script would do for you: + cd tools + mvn -q package -DskipTests + java -jar target/bitcoinj-tools-*.jar --help + Note that if you connect to a node that is itself downloading the block chain, you will see very slow progress (1 block per second or less). Find a node that isn't heavily loaded to connect to.