ikiwiki [options] source destination
-ikiwiki --setup configfile
+ikiwiki --setup setupfile
# DESCRIPTION
Force a rebuild of all pages.
+* --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 setup file, and rebuild the wiki.
+ If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with
+ --setup.
+
+* --dumpsetup setupfile
+
+ 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
Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters.
-* --setup configfile
-
- 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.
- If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with
- --setup.
-
-* --wrappers
-
- If used with --setup --refresh, this makes it also update any configured
- wrappers.
-
* --aggregate
If the [[plugins/aggregate]] plugin is enabled, this makes ikiwiki poll
# 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
build time. If the templatedir is changed, missing templates will still
be searched for in the default location as a fallback.
-* --underlaydir
+ Note that if you choose to copy and modify ikiwiki's templates, you will need
+ to be careful to keep them up to date when upgrading to new versions of
+ ikiwiki. Old versions of templates do not always work with new ikiwiki
+ versions.
+
+* --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
* --rss, --norss
If rss is set, ikiwiki will default to generating RSS feeds for pages
- that inline a [[ikiwiki/blog]].
+ that inline a [[blog]].
* --allowrss
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.
+ generating RSS feeds, but setting `rss=yes` in the inline directive can
+ override this default and generate a feed.
* --atom, --noatom
If atom is set, ikiwiki will default to generating Atom feeds for pages
- that inline a [[ikiwiki/blog]].
+ that inline a [[blog]].
* --allowatom
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.
+ generating Atom feeds, but setting `atom=yes` in the inline directive can
+ override this default and generate a feed.
* --pingurl URL
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.
+ and [[banning|banned_users]] 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://".
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)
* [[ikiwiki-update-wikilist]](1)
+* [[ikiwiki-transition]](1)
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>
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