Fix peertube CLI documentation

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
index 2874a2131..f50aafc35 100644
--- a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ getSettings()
     password: program['password']
   }
 
-  run(user, program['url']).catch(err => console.error(err))
+  run(user, program['url'])
+    .catch(err => {
+      console.error(err)
+      process.exit(-1)
+    })
 })
 
 async function promptPassword () {
@@ -112,8 +116,12 @@ async function run (user, url: string) {
     secret: res.body.client_secret
   }
 
-  const res2 = await login(url, client, user)
-  accessToken = res2.body.access_token
+  try {
+    const res = await login(program[ 'url' ], client, user)
+    accessToken = res.body.access_token
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot authenticate. Please check your username/password.')
+  }
 
   const youtubeDL = await safeGetYoutubeDL()
 
diff --git a/support/doc/tools.md b/support/doc/tools.md
index 4f806a9db..1a9ba7d2b 100644
--- a/support/doc/tools.md
+++ b/support/doc/tools.md
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ $ npm run build:server
 
 ### CLI wrapper
 
-The wrapper provides a convenient interface to the following scripts. You can access it as `peertube` via an alias in your `.bashrc` like `alias peertube="node /your/peertube/directory/dist/server/tools/peertube.js"`:
+The wrapper provides a convenient interface to the following scripts.
+You can access it as `peertube` via an alias in your `.bashrc` like `alias peertube="cd /your/peertube/directory/ && node ./dist/server/tools/peertube.js"` (you have to keep the `cd` command):
 
 ```
   Usage: peertube [command] [options]