Document multiline options in the manpage

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Sebastian Hahn 2010-09-11 01:41:33 +02:00
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- Support line continuations in torrc. If a line ends with a
single backslash character, the newline is ignored, and the
configuration value is treated as continuing on the next line.
Implements bug 1929.

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value), or in the configuration file (option value or option "value").
Options are case-insensitive. C-style escaped characters are allowed inside
quoted values. Options on the command line take precedence over
options found in the configuration file.
options found in the configuration file, except indicated otherwise. To
split one configuration entry into multiple lines, use a single \ before
the end of the line. Comments can be used in such multiline entries, but
they must start at the beginning of a line.
**BandwidthRate** __N__ **bytes**|**KB**|**MB**|**GB**::
A token bucket limits the average incoming bandwidth usage on this node to