.TH "CDVSERVER" 1 "Dec 1 2005" .SH NAME cdvserver \- server for the codeville distributed revision system. .SH SYNOPSIS .B cdvserver [\-c \fBfile\fP | \-n] [\-f \fBfile\fP] [\-l \fBfile\fP] [-p \fBfile\fP] [\-b] [\-d] [\-r] [\-u \fBuser\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the \fBcdvserver\fP command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. .PP \fBcdvserver\fP is a server for the codeville distributed revision system. A server keeps track of revisions and holds a database used for revision control. The codeville system needs both a server and a client. \fBcdv\fP is the only known codeville client. .SH OPTIONS .B \-c Specify file to use as a configuration file. .TP .B \-n Don't use a configuration file. .TP .B \-f Specify where all the database files and password file go. .TP .B \-l Specify where the server output goes when daemonized. .TP .B \-p Specify a file to hold the process ID of the server in. .TP .B \-b Start server in backup mode. .TP .B \-d Don't daemonize, won't write pidfile or logfile. .TP .B \-u Run as the given user, must be root to do this. .TP .B \-r Rebuild internal data structures on startup. .SH SEE ALSO .BR cdv (1), .BR cdvpasswd (1), .UR http://www.codeville.org .BR http://www.codeville.org .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by Michael Janssen , for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).