[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1873: add a show-caps command

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#1873: add a show-caps command
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     Reporter:  igor               |      Owner:  igor
         Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-frontend-cli  |    Version:  1.9.2
   Resolution:                     |   Keywords:  tahoe-ls usability
Launchpad Bug:                     |
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Comment (by davidsarah):

 Replying to [comment:3 zooko]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 davidsarah]:
 > > {{{tahoe ls}}} already has {{{--uri}}} and {{{--readonly-uri}}}
 options. Would adding an option to print the verify cap satisfy your
 requirement, or is the issue that {{{tahoe ls}}} for a directory will only
 display caps of children, not the directory itself?
 >
 > Speaking for myself, not for igor, that wouldn't suffice, because I
 sometimes want to diminish a cap that I have that is not the child of any
 directory.

 If it's a mutable file writecap, then {{{tahoe ls --readonly-uri $CAP}}}
 will do that. It's just for directory writecaps that {{{tahoe ls}}} will
 only display the children.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1873#comment:6>
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