ikiwiki [options] source templates destination
+ikiwiki --setup configfile
+
# DESCRIPTION
-`ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from `source` in the [[MarkDown]] language, using the specified html `templates` and writes it out to `destination`.
+`ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from
+`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language, using the specified html `templates`
+and writes it out to `destination`.
# OPTIONS
-Note that most options can be shortened to single letters.
+Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
+flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose.
* --wikiname
-The name of the wiki, default is "wiki".
+ The name of the wiki, default is "wiki".
* --verbose
-Be vebose about what it's doing.
+ Be vebose about what it's doing.
* --rebuild
-Force a rebuild of all pages.
+ Force a rebuild of all pages.
+
+* --wrapper [file]
+
+ Generate a [[wrapper]] binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by
+ the other options, using the specified input files and `destination`
+ directory. The filename to use for the wrapper is optional.
-* --wrapper
+ The wrapper is designed to be safely made suid and be run by untrusted
+ users, as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]].
-Generate a [[wrapper]] binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by the other options, using the specified input files and `destination` directory.
+ Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters
+ except for --params, which will make it print out the parameters it would
+ run ikiwiki with.
-The wrapper is designed to be safely made suid and be run by untrusted users, as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]].
+* --wrappermode mode
-Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters except for --params, which will make it print out the parameters it would run ikiwiki with.
+ Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
* --svn, --nosvn
-Enable or disable use of [[subversion]]. If subversion is enabled, the `source` directory is assumed to be a working copy, and is automatically updated before building the wiki.
+ Enable or disable use of [[subversion]]. If subversion is enabled, the `source` directory is assumed to be a working copy, and is automatically updated before building the wiki.
-In [[CGI]] mode, with subversion enabled pages edited via the web will be committed to subversion. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed on pages.
+ In [[CGI]] mode, with subversion enabled pages edited via the web will be committed to subversion. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed on pages.
-Subversion is enabled by default.
+ Subversion is enabled by default.
* --anonok, --noanonok
-If anonok is set, it will allow anonymous web users, who have not signed in, to make changes to the wiki.
+ If anonok is set, it will allow anonymous web users, who have not signed in, to make changes to the wiki.
-By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki.
+ By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki.
* --cgi
-Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying [[RecentChanges]].
+ Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying [[RecentChanges]].
-To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to the user who owns the `source` and `destination` directories.
+ To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to the user who owns the `source` and `destination` directories.
* --url http://someurl/
-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://someurl/ikiwiki.cgi
-Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script [[wrapper]]. Required when building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
+ Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script [[wrapper]]. Required when building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
* --historyurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/[[]]?root=wiki
-Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url, "[[]]" is replaced with the page to browse. It's common to use [[ViewCVS]] for this.
+ Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url, "[[]]" is replaced with the page to browse. It's common to use [[ViewCVS]] for this.
+
+* --exclude regexp
+
+ Specifies a rexexp of source files to exclude from processing.
+ May be specified multiple times to add to exclude list.
+
+* --setup configfile
+
+ In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl
+ program that can call ikiwiki internal functions. Uses of this are
+ various; the normal one is to automatically generate wrappers for a
+ wiki based on data in a config file.
+
+ Note that the wiki will be (re)built as part of the setup process to
+ ensure that any changes take effect.
+
+ [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
# AUTHOR
-Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
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+Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+
+Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page, edit with care