.TH PASTER 1 "may 6, 2006"
.SH NAME
paster \- pluggable command-line frontend,
including commands to setup package file layouts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B paster
.RI paster\ [OPTION]\ COMMAND\ [command_options]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B paster
command.
.PP
\fBpaster\fP is a program that can create file layouts for packages
and serve up web applications, with configuration based on paste.deploy.
It can for instance create a setuptools-ready file layout.
.SH OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Show version of program.
.TP
.B \-\-plugin=PLUGINS
Add a plugin to the list of commands (plugins are Egg
specs; will also require() the Egg)
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.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.B create
Create the file layout for a Python distribution
.TP
.B grep
Search project for symbol
.TP
.B help
Display help
.TP
.B make-config
Install a package and create a fresh config file/directory
.TP
.B points
Show information about entry points
.TP
.B serve
Serve the described application
.TP
.B setup-app
Setup an application, given a config file
.SH AUTHOR
paster was written by Ian Bicking <ianb@colorstudy.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Piotr Ozarowski <ozarow@gmail.com>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).