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@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ikiwiki --setup configfile
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 

-`ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from
-`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
+`ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static HTML pages for a wiki, from
+`source` in the [[ikiwiki/Markdown]] language (or others), and writes it out to

 `destination`.
 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
 `destination`.
 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean


@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose.
 
 # MODE OPTIONS
 
 
 # MODE OPTIONS
 

-These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
+These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in.

 
 * --refresh
 
 
 * --refresh
 


@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
 * --cgi
 
   Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and
 * --cgi
 
   Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and

-  supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying
-  [[RecentChanges]].
+  supports editing pages, signing in, and registration.

 
   To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper or --setup
   to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to
 
   To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper or --setup
   to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to


@@ -56,10 +55,12 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
   In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl
   program that can call ikiwiki internal functions.
 
   In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl
   program that can call ikiwiki internal functions.
 

+  [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
+

   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.
   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.

-
-  [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
+  If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with
+  --setup.

 
 * --wrappers
 
 
 * --wrappers
 


@@ -68,20 +69,37 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
 
 * --aggregate
 
 
 * --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.
 
 
   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
+
+* --post-commit
+
+  Run in post-commit mode, the same as if called by a [[post-commit]] hook.
+  This is probably only useful when using ikiwiki with a web server on one host
+  and a repository on another, to allow the repository's real post-commit
+  hook to ssh to the web server host and manually run ikiwiki to update
+  the web site.
+

 * --version
 
 * --version
 

-  Print ikiwiki version number.
+  Print ikiwiki's version number.

 
 # CONFIG OPTIONS
 
 
 # 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
 configuration options of their own.
 
 * --wikiname


@@ -90,96 +108,105 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --templatedir
 
 
 * --templatedir
 

-  Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in.
-  Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`.
+  Specify the directory that the page [[templates|wikitemplates]] are stored in.
+  Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as configured at
+  build time. If the templatedir is changed, missing templates will still
+  be searched for in the default location as a fallback.

 
 * --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
 
 * --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
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 
 
 * --wrappermode mode
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 

-* --notify
+* --wrappergroup group

 
 

-  Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
-  ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.
+  Specify what unix group the wrapper should be owned by. This can be
+  useful if the wrapper needs to be owned by a group other than the default.
+  For example, if a project has a repository with multiple committers with
+  access controlled by a group, it makes sense for the ikiwiki wrappers
+  to run setgid to that group.

 
 

-* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs
+* --rcs=svn|git|.., --no-rcs

 
 

-  Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
+  Enable or disable use of a [[revision_control_system|rcs]].

 
 

-  If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be
-  a [[Subversion]] working copy.
+  The `source` directory will be assumed to be a working copy, or clone, or
+  whatever the revision control system you select uses.

 
 

-  If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
-  [[git]] repository.
+  In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled, pages edited via
+  the web will be committed.

 
 

-  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.
+  No revision control is enabled by default.

 
 

-  svn is enabled by default.
+* --svnpath trunk

 
 

-* --svnrepo /svn/wiki
+  Specify the path inside your svn repository where the wiki is located.
+  This defaults to `trunk`; change it if your wiki is at some other path
+  inside the repository. If your wiki is rooted at the top of the repository,
+  set svnpath to "".

 
 

-  Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required
-  for using --notify with [[subversion]].
+* --rss, --norss

 
 

-* --svnpath trunk
+  If rss is set, ikiwiki will default to generating RSS feeds for pages
+  that inline a [[ikiwiki/blog]].

 
 

-  Specify the path inside your svn reporistory where the wiki is located.
-  This defaults to trunk; change it if your wiki is at some other location
-  inside the repository.
+* --allowrss

 
 

-* --anonok, --noanonok
+  If allowrss is set, and rss is not set, ikiwiki will not default to
+  generating RSS feeds, but setting `rss=yes` in the blog can override
+  this default and generate a feed.

 
 

-  If anonok is set, it will allow anonymous web users, who have not signed in, to make changes to the wiki.
+* --atom, --noatom

 
 

-  By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki.
+  If atom is set, ikiwiki will default to generating Atom feeds for pages
+  that inline a [[ikiwiki/blog]].

 
 

-* --rss, --norss
+* --allowatom

 
 

-  If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline
-  a [[blog]].
+  If allowatom is set, and rss is not set, ikiwiki will not default to
+  generating Atom feeds, but setting `atom=yes` in the blog can override
+  this default and generate a feed.

 
 

-* --pingurl url
+* --pingurl URL

 
 

-  Set this to the url to an XML-RPC service to ping when an RSS feed is
-  updated. For example, to ping Technorati, use the url
+  Set this to the URL of an XML-RPC service to ping when an RSS feed is
+  updated. For example, to ping Technorati, use the URL

   http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
 
   This parameter can be specified multiple times to specify more than one
   http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
 
   This parameter can be specified multiple times to specify more than one

-  url to ping.
+  URL to ping.

 
 

-* --url url
+* --url URL

 
 

-  Specifies the url to the wiki. This is a required parameter in [[CGI]] mode.
+  Specifies the URL to the wiki. This is a required parameter in [[CGI]] mode.

 
 

-* --cgiurl http://url/ikiwiki.cgi
+* --cgiurl http://example.org/ikiwiki.cgi

 
 

-  Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script wrapper. Required when
+  Specifies the URL to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script wrapper. Required when

   building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
 
   building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
 

-* --historyurl url
+* --historyurl URL

 
 

-  Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url,
+  Specifies the URL to link to for page history browsing. In the URL,

   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use

-  [[ViewCVS]] for this.
+  [[ViewVC]] for this.

 
 

-* --adminemail you@yourhost
+* --adminemail you@example.org

 
   Specifies the email address that ikiwiki should use for sending email.
 
 
   Specifies the email address that ikiwiki should use for sending email.
 

-* --diffurl url
+* --diffurl URL

 
 

-  Specifies the url to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the url,
+  Specifies the URL to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the URL,

   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old
   revision of the page, and "\[[r2]]" is the new revision. It's common to use
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old
   revision of the page, and "\[[r2]]" is the new revision. It's common to use

-  [[ViewCVS]] for this.
+  [[ViewVC]] for this.

 
 * --exclude regexp
 
 
 * --exclude regexp
 


@@ -188,25 +215,51 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --adminuser name
 
 
 * --adminuser name
 

-  Specifies a username of a user who has the powers of a wiki admin.
-  Currently allows locking of any page, other powers may be added later.
-  May be specified multiple times for multiple admins.
+  Specifies a username of a user (or, if openid is enabled, an openid) 
+  who has the powers of a wiki admin. Currently allows locking of any page,
+  and banning of users; other powers may be added later. May be specified
+  multiple times for multiple admins.
+
+  For an openid user specify the full URL of the login, including "http://".

 
 * --plugin name
 
   Enables the use of the specified [[plugin|plugins]] in the wiki. 
 
 * --plugin name
 
   Enables the use of the specified [[plugin|plugins]] in the wiki. 

-  Note that plugin names are case sensative.
+  Note that plugin names are case sensitive.

 
 * --disable-plugin name
 
   Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
 
 * --disable-plugin name
 
   Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"

-  to do away with html sanitization.
+  to do away with HTML sanitization.
+
+* --libdir directory
+
+  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".

 
 * --discussion, --no-discussion
 
   Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
   every page. The links are enabled by default.
 
 
 * --discussion, --no-discussion
 
   Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
   every page. The links are enabled by default.
 

+* --numbacklinks n
+
+  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed at the bottom of a page.
+  Excess backlinks will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to
+  disable this feature.
+
+* --userdir subdir
+
+  Optionally, allows links to users of the wiki to link to pages inside a
+  subdirectory of the wiki. The default is to link to pages in the toplevel
+  directory of the wiki.
+
+* --htmlext html
+
+  Configures the extension used for generated html files. Default is "html".
+

 * --timeformat format
 
   Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the
 * --timeformat format
 
   Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the


@@ -214,27 +267,60 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --verbose, --no-verbose
 
 
 * --verbose, --no-verbose
 

-  Be vebose about what is being done.
+  Be verbose about what is being done.

 
 * --syslog, --no-syslog
 
 
 * --syslog, --no-syslog
 

-  Log to syslog.
+  Log to syslog(3).
+
+* --usedirs, --no-usedirs
+
+  Toggle creating output files named page/index.html (default) instead of page.html.
+
+* --prefix-directives, --no-prefix-directives
+
+  Toggle new '!'-prefixed syntax for preprocessor directives.  ikiwiki currently
+  defaults to --no-prefix-directives.

 
 * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
 
   Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script,
   without a web server.
 
 
 * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
 
   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
   system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation
 * --getctime
 
   Pull last changed 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, for example when building a wiki from a new
-  subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
+  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

   with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
 
   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
+  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.
+
+# ENVIRONMENT
+
+* CC
+
+  This controls what C compiler is used to build wrappers. Default is 'cc'.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+* [[ikiwiki-mass-rebuild]](8)
+* [[ikiwiki-update-wikilist]](1)
+

 # AUTHOR
 
 # AUTHOR
 

-Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>

 
 

-Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page, edit with care
+Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page via [mdwn2man](http://ikiwiki.info/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/mdwn2man?root=ikiwiki&view=markup).  Edit with care