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+VerusCoin Komodo Command Line Tools
+Contents:
+komodod - the Komodo daemon
+komodo-cli - Komodo command line utility
+verus - wrapper for komodo-cli that applies the command to the VRSC coin
+verusd - wrapper for komodod that sets the VerusCoin parameters to defauls properly
+
+Run ./verusd to launch komodod, and use ./verus to run commands such as:
+./verus stop
+Which signals komodod (if it is running) to stop running.
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+VerusCoin Komodo Command Line Tools
+Contents:
+komodod - the Komodo daemon
+komodo-cli - Komodo command line utility
+verus - wrapper for komodo-cli that applies the command to the VRSC coin
+verusd - wrapper for komodod that sets the VerusCoin parameters to defauls properly
+
+Run ./verusd to launch komodod, and use ./verus to run commands such as:
+./verus stop
+Which signals komodod (if it is running) to stop running.
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+VerusCoin Komodo Command Line Tools
+Contents:
+komododi.exe - the Komodo daemon
+komodo-cli.exe - Komodo command line utility
+verus.bat - wrapper for komodo-cli that applies the command to the VRSC coin
+verusd.bat - wrapper for komodod that sets the VerusCoin parameters to defauls properly
+
+Run verusd.bat to launch komodod, and use verus.bat to run commands such as:
+./verus stop
+Which signals komodod.exe (if it is running) to stop running.