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  • Committer: Tres Seaver
  • Date: 2010-03-25 10:32:47 UTC
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 405.
  • Revision ID: tseaver@agendaless.com-20100325103247-y09b4c3s3djagtzz
Try to clarify my reverse-engineered explanation of --allow-writes semantics.

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:command:`start-loggerhead`
 
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The :command:`start-loggerhead` command starts a new standalone Loggerhead
 
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server.  By default, the server runs in the background (daemonized).
 
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.. program:: start-loggerhead
 
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Usage
 
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.. code-block:: sh
 
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   start-loggerhead [OPTIONS]
 
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Options
 
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.. cmdoption:: --version
 
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    Print the software version and exit.
 
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.. cmdoption:: -h, --help
 
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    Show this help message and exit
 
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.. cmdoption:: --foreground
 
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    Run in the foreground;  don't daemonize.
 
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.. cmdoption:: -C, --check
 
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    Only start if not already running (useful for cron jobs)
 
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.. cmdoption:: -p, --pidfile=PIDFILE
 
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    override pid file location
 
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.. cmdoption:: -c, --config-file=CONFIGFILE
 
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   Override configuration file location [XXX default is
 
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   :file:`/etc/loggerhead.conf`]
 
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.. cmdoption:: --log-folder=LOG_FOLDER
 
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    The directory [XXX in which] to place log files