Command-Line Options
This page gives an overview on all command-line options of the BaseX Startup scripts:
BaseX Standalone
- Console command
> basex
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
BaseX Server
- Console command
> basexserver
If the server has been succesfully started, this is coming up:
BaseX [Server] Server was started.
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 you want to interact (execute commands, add databases, add users)
with the server, start the server with the -i
flag.
> basexserver -i
BaseX Client
- Console command
> basexclient
Next, the user name and password has to be entered. By default, the user admin has admin as password:
Username: admin Password: > _
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