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==BaseX Standalone==
 
==BaseX Standalone==
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All available command-line flags can be listed by adding <code>-h</code> to the call:
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:<code>
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> basex -h
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</code>
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<pre>
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Usage: BaseX [-diosuvVwz] [-cq] [file]
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  [file]    Execute XQuery file
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  -c<cmd>    Execute database command(s)
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  -d        Activate debugging mode
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  -i<file>  Open initial file or database
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  -o<file>  Write output to file
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  -q<expr>  Execute XQuery expression
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  -s<pars>  Set serialization parameter(s)
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  -u        Modifiy original files after updates
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  -v/V      Show (all) process info
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  -w        wrap query result to xml
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  -z        Skip output of results
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Revision as of 11:29, 12 January 2011

BaseX Server

If you want to interact (execute commands, add databases, add users) with the server, start the server with the -i flag.

> basexserver -i

All available command-line flags can be listed by adding -h to the call:

> basexserver -h

Usage: BaseXServer [-s] [-dpz] [-c] [stop]
  stop     Stop existing server
  -c<cmd>  Execute initial database command(s)
  -d       Activate debugging mode
  -i       Enter interactive mode
  -p<num>  Set server port
  -s       Start as service
  -z       Suppress logging

If the server is succesfully started, this is coming up:

BaseX [Server]
Server was started.

BaseX Client

All available command-line flags can be listed by adding -h to the call:

> basexclient -h

Usage: BaseXClient [-npPU] [-dovVwz] [-cq] [file]
  [file]     Execute XQuery file
  -c<cmd>    Execute database command(s)
  -d         Activate debugging mode
  -n<name>   Set server (host) name
  -o<file>   Write output to file
  -p<num>    Set server port
  -P<pass>   Specify user password
  -q<expr>   Execute XQuery expression
  -U<name>   Specify user name
  -v/V       Show (all) process info
  -w         Keep whitespaces from source files
  -z         Skip output of results

BaseX Standalone

All available command-line flags can be listed by adding -h to the call:

> basex -h

Usage: BaseX [-diosuvVwz] [-cq] [file]
  [file]    Execute XQuery file
  -c<cmd>    Execute database command(s)
  -d         Activate debugging mode
  -i<file>   Open initial file or database
  -o<file>   Write output to file
  -q<expr>   Execute XQuery expression
  -s<pars>   Set serialization parameter(s)
  -u         Modifiy original files after updates
  -v/V       Show (all) process info
  -w         wrap query result to xml
  -z         Skip output of results