Several RPC commands have multi-line help descriptions, but they do not appear to be shown anywhere. The following patch implements a
help [command]
parameter that provides access to these extended descriptions.
Patch:
http://pastebin.ca/1911586Raw:
http://pastebin.ca/raw/1911586Here is example output for the new "help listreceivedbyaddress" sub-command:
[jgarzik@bd ~]$garz/repo/bitcoin/bitcoind -datadir=/garz/bitcoin/data help listreceivedbyaddress
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
[minconf] is the minimum number of confirmations before payments are included.
[includeempty] whether to include addresses that haven't received any payments.
Returns an array of objects containing:
"address" : receiving address
"label" : the label of the receiving address
"amount" : total amount received by the address
"confirmations" : number of confirmations of the most recent transaction included
