* --aggregate
- If the aggregate plugin is enabled, this makes ikiwiki poll configured
- feeds and save new posts to the srcdir.
+ If the [[plugins/aggregate]] plugin is enabled, this makes ikiwiki poll
+ configured feeds and save new posts to the srcdir.
Note that to rebuild previously aggregated posts, use the --rebuild option
along with this one. --rebuild will also force feeds to be polled even if
they were polled recently.
+* --render file
+
+ Renders a single file, outputting the resulting html. Does not save state,
+ so this cannot be used for building whole wikis, but it is useful for
+ previewing an edited file at the command line. Generally used in conjunction
+ with --setup to load in a wiki's setup:
+
+ ikiwiki --setup ~/ikiwiki.setup --render foo.mdwn
+
* --version
Print ikiwiki version number.
# CONFIG OPTIONS
-These options configure the wiki. Note that plugins can add additional
+These options configure the wiki. Note that [[plugins]] can add additional
configuration options of their own.
* --wikiname
* --templatedir
Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in.
- Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`.
+ Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as
+ configured at build time.
* --underlaydir
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
- source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki`.
+ source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki` or another
+ location as configured at build time.
* --wrappermode mode
If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
[[git]] repository.
+ If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import.
+
+ If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the
+ [[mercurial]] repository.
+
In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled pages edited via
the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
on pages.
* --rss, --norss
- If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline
+ If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate RSS feeds for pages that inline
+ a [[blog]].
+
+* --atom, --noatom
+
+ If atom is set, ikiwiki will generate Arom feeds for pages that inline
a [[blog]].
* --pingurl url
Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script,
without a web server.
+* --sslcookie
+
+ Only send cookies over an SSL connection. This should prevent them being
+ intercepted. If you enable this option then you must run at least the
+ CGI portion of ikiwiki over SSL.
+
* --getctime
Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control