From fe328d192e76324ab788436318000ed1f20f8786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rl1987 <rl1987@sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:42:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Allow reading torrc from stdin.

---
 src/or/config.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 568baec703..3ff60e5fc5 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -4204,6 +4204,17 @@ find_torrc_filename(config_line_t *cmd_arg,
   return fname;
 }
 
+/** Read the torrc from standard input and return it as a string.
+ * Upon failure, return NULL.
+ */
+static char *
+load_torrc_from_stdin(config_line_t *cmd_arg)
+{
+   size_t sz_out;
+
+   return read_file_to_str_until_eof(STDIN_FILENO,SIZE_MAX,&sz_out);
+}
+
 /** Load a configuration file from disk, setting torrc_fname or
  * torrc_defaults_fname if successful.
  *
@@ -4344,7 +4355,19 @@ options_init_from_torrc(int argc, char **argv)
     cf = tor_strdup("");
   } else {
     cf_defaults = load_torrc_from_disk(cmdline_only_options, 1);
-    cf = load_torrc_from_disk(cmdline_only_options, 0);
+
+    const config_line_t *f_line = config_line_find(cmdline_only_options,
+                                                   "-f");
+
+    const int read_torrc_from_stdin =
+    (f_line != NULL && strcmp(f_line->value, "-") == 0);
+
+    if (read_torrc_from_stdin) {
+      cf = load_torrc_from_stdin(cmdline_only_options);
+    } else {
+      cf = load_torrc_from_disk(cmdline_only_options, 0);
+    }
+
     if (!cf) {
       if (config_line_find(cmdline_only_options, "--allow-missing-torrc")) {
         cf = tor_strdup("");

From 313e2a7dabbe9cc32c9db231cf5c97dee77cdea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rl1987 <rl1987@sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:23:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Changes file for 13865.

---
 changes/feature13865 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changes/feature13865

diff --git a/changes/feature13865 b/changes/feature13865
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48291b4248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/feature13865
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor features:
+    - Implement '-f -' CLI suboption to allow torrc to be read 
+      from standard input, thus not requiring to store torrc in file
+      system. Implements feature 13865.
+

From 1ebed7cc7758fdfc3786ef9c1edfa4388f43e8e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rl1987 <rl1987@sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:33:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Updating manpage for 13865.

---
 doc/tor.1.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 5302b33bd1..4d7069ee23 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
 
 [[opt-f]] **-f** __FILE__::
     Specify a new configuration file to contain further Tor configuration
-    options. (Default: @CONFDIR@/torrc, or $HOME/.torrc if that file is not
+    options OR pass *-* to make Tor read its configuration from standard
+    input. (Default: @CONFDIR@/torrc, or $HOME/.torrc if that file is not
     found)
 
 [[opt-allow-missing-torrc]] **--allow-missing-torrc**::