X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/041923a89ece8b1ed195cb7b528843c15770ea6f..97906c72ef0bf2f754a7683ac91d2cb0a44c9c9c:/doc/usage.mdwn diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 511bb687a..0c618de5c 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ikiwiki - a wiki compiler ikiwiki [options] source destination -ikiwiki --setup configfile +ikiwiki --setup setupfile # DESCRIPTION @@ -30,6 +30,26 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in. 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. + * --cgi Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and @@ -50,26 +70,6 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in. 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. - - 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. - -* --dumpsetup configfile - - Causes ikiwiki to write to the specified config file, dumping out - its current configuration. - -* --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 @@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in. # 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 @@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ configuration options of their own. 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 @@ -166,24 +167,24 @@ configuration options of their own. * --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 @@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ configuration options of their own. * --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 @@ -307,19 +308,37 @@ configuration options of their own. * --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 @@ -336,4 +355,4 @@ configuration options of their own. Joey Hess -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 +Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page via [mdwn2man](http://git.ikiwiki.info/?p=ikiwiki;a=blob;f=mdwn2man;hb=HEAD). Edit with care