Quote from: satoshi on July 19, 2010, 04:20:50 PM
So you drop a settings file in the ~/.bitcoin directory, that sounds better. In the “no password is set” warning, it could tell you where the file is and what to do. What is the most popular and common settings file format?
You ask hard questions! Most common: probably Windows INI files, because Windows is most common OS.
I’d lobby for using JSON; it’s (mostly) a subset of YAML (which is a common choice for config files), so any JSON or YAML parser will read it. I think the only big advantage is that it keeps authentication where it belongs in the transport layer, so if, in the future, you do want to go with full-fledged HTTPS with certificates the API doesn’t have to change. No, I just confused “command” with “parameter”, and did this:
Code:> bitcoind help error: First parameter must be the password.
bitcoind
help error: unknown command: bitcoind help … that works.