[B<-config> configfile]
[B<-data> file_to_hash]
[B<-digest> digest_bytes]
-[B<-md2>|B<-md4>|B<-md5>|B<-sha>|B<-sha1>|B<-mdc2>|B<-ripemd160>]
+[B<-md2>|B<-md4>|B<-md5>|B<-sha>|B<-sha1>|B<-mdc2>|B<-ripemd160>|B<...>]
[B<-policy> object_id]
[B<-no_nonce>]
[B<-cert>]
1AF601...). The number of bytes must match the message digest algorithm
in use. (Optional)
-=item B<-md2>|B<-md4>|B<-md5>|B<-sha>|B<-sha1>|B<-mdc2>|B<-ripemd160>
+=item B<-md2>|B<-md4>|B<-md5>|B<-sha>|B<-sha1>|B<-mdc2>|B<-ripemd160>|B<...>
-The message digest to apply to the data file. The default is SHA-1. (Optional)
+The message digest to apply to the data file, it supports all the message
+digest algorithms that are supported by the openssl B<dgst> command.
+The default is SHA-1. (Optional)
=item B<-policy> object_id
=item B<-engine> id
-Specifying an engine (by it's unique B<id> string) will cause B<ts>
+Specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<ts>
to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms. Default is builtin. (Optional)
=head1 CONFIGURATION FILE OPTIONS
The B<-query> and B<-reply> commands make use of a configuration file
-defined by the B<OPENSSL_CONF> environment variable. See L<config(5)|config(5>
+defined by the B<OPENSSL_CONF> environment variable. See L<config(5)|config(5)>
for a general description of the syntax of the config file. The
B<-query> command uses only the symbolic OID names section
and it can work without it. However, the B<-reply> command needs the
This is the main section and it specifies the name of another section
that contains all the options for the B<-reply> command. This default
-section can be overriden with the B<-section> command line switch. (Optional)
+section can be overridden with the B<-section> command line switch. (Optional)
=item B<oid_file>
The name of the file containing the hexadecimal serial number of the
last time stamp response created. This number is incremented by 1 for
-each response. If the file does not exit at the time of response
+each response. If the file does not exist at the time of response
generation a new file is created with serial number 1. (Mandatory)
=item B<crypto_device>
=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
B<OPENSSL_CONF> contains the path of the configuration file and can be
-overriden by the B<-config> command line option.
+overridden by the B<-config> command line option.
=head1 EXAMPLES