ikiwiki [options] source destination
-ikiwiki --setup configfile
+ikiwiki --setup setupfile
# DESCRIPTION
Force a rebuild of all pages.
-* --setup configfile
+* --setup setupfile
In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl
program that can call ikiwiki internal functions.
The default action when --setup is specified is to automatically generate
- wrappers for a wiki based on data in a config file, and rebuild the wiki.
+ wrappers for a wiki based on data in a setup file, and rebuild the wiki.
If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with
--setup.
-* --dumpsetup configfile
+* --dumpsetup setupfile
- Causes ikiwiki to write to the specified config file, dumping out
+ Causes ikiwiki to write to the specified setup file, dumping out
its current configuration.
* --wrappers
If used with --setup --refresh, this makes it also update any configured
wrappers.
+* --clean
+
+ This makes ikiwiki clean up by removing any files it denerated in the
+ `destination` directory, as well as any configured wrappers, and the
+ `.ikiwiki` state directory. This is mostly useful if you're running
+ ikiwiki in a Makefile to build documentation and want a corresponding
+ `clean` target.
+
* --cgi
Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and
# CONFIG OPTIONS
These options configure the wiki. Note that [[plugins]] can add additional
-configuration options of their own.
+configuration options of their own. All of these options and more besides can
+also be configured using a setup file.
-* --wikiname
+* --wikiname name
The name of the wiki, default is "wiki".
-* --templatedir
+* --templatedir dir
Specify the directory that the page [[templates|wikitemplates]] are stored in.
Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as configured at
ikiwiki. Old versions of templates do not always work with new ikiwiki
versions.
-* --underlaydir
+* --underlaydir dir
Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory.
Source files will be taken from here unless overridden by a file in the
Specifies a rexexp of source files to exclude from processing.
May be specified multiple times to add to exclude list.
+* --include regexp
+
+ Specifies a rexexp of source files, that would normally be excluded,
+ but that you wish to include in processing.
+ May be specified multiple times to add to include list.
+
* --adminuser name
Specifies a username of a user (or, if openid is enabled, an openid)
Makes ikiwiki look in the specified directory first, before the regular
locations when loading library files and plugins. For example, if you set
- libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/", you can install a Foo.pm plugin as
- "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/Foo.pm".
+ libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/", you can install a foo.pm plugin as
+ "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/foo.pm".
* --discussion, --no-discussion
* --prefix-directives, --no-prefix-directives
Toggle new '!'-prefixed syntax for preprocessor directives. ikiwiki currently
- defaults to --no-prefix-directives.
+ defaults to --prefix-directives.
* --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
* --getctime
- Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control
+ Pull creation time for each new page out of the revision control
system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation
times of items in weblogs, such as when building a wiki from a new
- Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
+ VCS checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
* --set var=value
This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it
- were set via a configuration file. Since most options can be configured
+ were set via a setup file. Since most options can be configured
using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be
useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch.
+# EXAMPLES
+
+* ikiwiki --setup my.setup
+
+ Completly (re)build the wiki using the specified setup file.
+
+* ikiwiki --setup my.setup --refresh
+
+ Refresh the wiki, using settings from my.setup, and avoid
+ rebuilding any pages that have not changed. This is faster.
+
+* ikiwiki --setup my.setup --refresh --wrappers
+
+ Refresh the wiki, including regnerating all wrapper programs,
+ but do not rebuild all pages. Useful if you have changed something
+ in the setup file that does not need a full wiki rebuild to update
+ all pages, but that you want to immediatly take effect.
+
# ENVIRONMENT
* CC
This controls what C compiler is used to build wrappers. Default is 'cc'.
+* CFLAGS
+
+ This can be used to pass options to the C compiler when building wrappers.
+
# SEE ALSO
* [[ikiwiki-mass-rebuild]](8)