From 6c727660fa75b477d7a12aea95cc022614c54cd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: davidsarah <> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:38:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] wiki syntax [Imported from Trac: page Capabilities, version 14] --- Capabilities.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Capabilities.md b/Capabilities.md index 5d2d482..d58a1f1 100644 --- a/Capabilities.md +++ b/Capabilities.md @@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ Deriving a weaker capability from a strong one is called "diminishing" the stron So we use "filecap" to talk about !#1..6, but (since most files are immutable) we're usually talking about !#1. We use "dircap" to talk about !#7..12. -We use "readcap" to talk about !#{1,3,5,7,9,11}, but usually we refer to -!#{7,9,11} as a "directory readcap". We use "writecap" to talk about !#4 and !#10. +We use "readcap" to talk about #{1,3,5,7,9,11}, but usually we refer to +#{7,9,11} as a "directory readcap". We use "writecap" to talk about !#4 and !#10. A "literal cap" or "LIT cap" stores the contents of a small file (!#3) or directory (!#9) in the capability itself. A "verifycap" is the weakest capability that still allows every bit of every share to be validated (hashes checked, signatures verified, etc). That means -!#{2,6,8,12}. +#{2,6,8,12}. When we talk about a "repaircap", we mean "the weakest capability that can still be used to repair the file". Given the current limitations of the -repairer and our web-API, that means we're talking about !#{1,4,7,10}. +repairer and our web-API, that means we're talking about #{1,4,7,10}. Eventually we'll fix this limitation, and any verifycap should be usable as a repaircap too. (There's much less work involved to let !#2 repair a file or !#8 repair a directory... it's just an incomplete API, rather than a fundamental