X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/b22707f602fc42be537840b5d378af5fb8906266..f0ff1625e09cc4ea44b52c0b2a825f99f99f14e5:/doc/usage.mdwn diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 693c4659a..75e3aa246 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ ikiwiki - a wiki compiler 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, 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 +31,22 @@ Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean flags suc Force a rebuild of all pages. -* --wrapper +* --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. + + 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 @@ -66,6 +80,25 @@ Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean flags suc 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 \ No newline at end of file +Joey Hess + +Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page, edit with care