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2 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/snac.5 b/doc/snac.5
index a5311e4..511a88f 100644
--- a/doc/snac.5
+++ b/doc/snac.5
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ The base directory contains the following files and folders:
Server configuration.
.It Pa user/
Directory holding user subdirectories.
+.It Pa archive/
+If this directory exists, all input and output messages are stored into.
.El
.Pp
Each user directory is a subdirectory of
@@ -117,8 +119,7 @@ web interface.
This directory contains generated HTML files. They may be snapshots of the
local timeline in previous months or other cached data.
.It Pa archive/
-This directory stores all input/output traffic of ActivityPub messages. There
-is a different file for each day. This information is only stored if
+This directory is no longer used in version 2.x and later. It can be deleted.
.Nm
is run with a debug level >= 1.
.El
diff --git a/doc/snac.8 b/doc/snac.8
index 94afe71..a463cdc 100644
--- a/doc/snac.8
+++ b/doc/snac.8
@@ -14,8 +14,16 @@ This is the admin manual. For user operation, see
.Xr snac 1 .
For file and data formats, see
.Xr snac 5 .
-.Ss Installation
-Install the OpenSSL and urllib3 Python3 external packages, and run as root
+.Ss Building and Installation
+A C compiler must be installed in the system, as well as the development
+headers and libraries for OpenSSL and curl. To build
+.Nm ,
+run
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+make
+.Ed
+.Pp
+And, after that, run as root
.Bd -literal -offset indent
make install
.Ed
@@ -179,11 +187,6 @@ user's crontab:
0 4 * * 0 /usr/local/bin/snac purge /path/to/snac-data
.Ed
.Pp
-Other directories, like
-.Pa archive/ ,
-can grow very quickly if the debug level is greater than 0. These
-files must be deleted manually.
-.Pp
The user-generated data (the local timeline) is never deleted.
.Ss ActivityPub Support
These are the following activities and objects that