man gwd (Commandes) - Launches the GeneWeb Process
NAME
gwd - Launches the GeneWeb Process
SYNOPSIS
gwd
[
command-line switches
]
DESCRIPTION
gwd
launches the GeneWeb "daemon" process. Once this is done,
you can attach to it using a web browser to view your
genealogical data.
Connect to the GeneWeb process using a standard web browser
using the following:
http://localhost:2317/base
http://127.0.0.1:2317/base
http://address:2317/base
http://address:port/base
where "base" is the name of the database file.
GeneWeb is coded in the functional language Objective CAML,
and can be extended with byte-code or compiled code written
in that language.
The primary documentation of
gwd
is in the
HTML
,
documentation, which you can find in the documentation directory (/usr/share/doc/geneweb on
Debian systems).
Please look there for complete and up-to-date documentation.
GeneWeb Options
- -hd <dir>
- Path to the 'lang' directory
- -bd <dir>
- Path to the GeneWeb database.
- -cgi
- Force cgi mode.
- -p <number>
- Select a port number (default = 2317); > 1024 for normal users.
- -wizard <passwd>
- Set a wizard password: access to all dates and updating.
- -friend <passwd>
- Set a friend password: access to all dates.
- -lang <lang>
- Set a deffault language (default: en).
- -only <address>
- Only accept queries from IP address <address>.
- -auth <file>
- Authorization file to restrict access. The file must hold lines of the form "user:password".
- -log <file>
- Redirect log trace to this file.
- -nolock
- Do not lock files before writing.