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author | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-03-07 19:11:34 -0500 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-03-07 19:11:34 -0500 |
commit | 4e11380c75ae66230139641b215d8ffbb0a74d5e (patch) | |
tree | 724822f49e62c2d1393ff61b503ff274e4e2232f | |
parent | 29d387d2bacfdf10cc8712af1250e5655967f1b9 (diff) |
update, add some examples
-rw-r--r-- | doc/usage.mdwn | 33 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index b6af75ac8..e411b127a 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 @@ -30,19 +30,19 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in. Force a rebuild of all pages. -* --setup configfile +* --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 config file, and rebuild the wiki. + 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 configfile +* --dumpsetup setupfile - Causes ikiwiki to write to the specified config file, dumping out + Causes ikiwiki to write to the specified setup file, dumping out its current configuration. * --wrappers @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ 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 @@ -316,10 +317,28 @@ configuration options of their own. * --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 |