From 5e39c5a655672c9542e71bb87b0030dbfff5470c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:22:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention bitcoin-cli -stdin in release notes --- doc/release-notes.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index a29094b51..c684ffc77 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -4,3 +4,18 @@ release-notes at release time) Notable changes =============== +zcash-cli: arguments privacy +---------------------------- + +The RPC command line client gained a new argument, `-stdin` +to read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D. +For example: + + $ src/zcash-cli -stdin walletpassphrase + mysecretcode + 120 + ^D (Ctrl-D) + +It is recommended to use this for sensitive information such as private keys, as +command-line arguments can usually be read from the process table by any user on +the system.