X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/09902169560ec64800c5622d87fd2d85c246fc93..6c8cf5dd571662f981227489f7c4652a1a1f10cd:/doc/usage.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 8f57a1593..83866c1a8 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -4,15 +4,19 @@ ikiwiki - a wiki compiler # SYNOPSIS -ikiwiki [options] source templates destination +ikiwiki [options] source 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, and writes it out to `destination`. # OPTIONS -Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose. +Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean +flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose. * --wikiname @@ -26,13 +30,27 @@ Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean flags suc Force a rebuild of all pages. -* --wrapper +* --templatedir + + Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in. + Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`. + +* --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. - Generate a [[wrapper]] binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by the other options, using the specified input files and `destination` directory. + 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]]. - 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]]. + 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. - 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. +* --wrappermode mode + + Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it. * --svn, --nosvn @@ -62,15 +80,44 @@ Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean flags suc 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 +* --historyurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki + + 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 + [[ViewCVS]] for this. + +* --diffurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki&r1=\[[r1]]&r2=\[[r2]] - 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 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 + [[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. +* --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. + +* --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 + +Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page, edit with care