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.TH basexclient 1 "19 April 2022" "" "The XML Database"
.SH NAME
\fBbasexclient \fP- XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (client mode)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBbasexclient\fP [\fB-bcdiInopPqrRsUvVwxz\fP] [\fIinput\fP]

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.SH OPTIONS
A short description of option can be obtained from
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    $ basexclient \-h

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or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Command-Line_Options#Client
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBbasexclient\fP starts a \fBbasex\fP(1) XML database client in order to connect to a
running instance of \fBbasexserver\fP(1).
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Per default \fBbasexclient\fP tries to connect to a \fBbasexserver\fP(1) running on localhost port 1984.
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Connecting to a \fBbasexserver\fP(1) requires the knowledge of a username and its corresponding credentials.
For user management refer to \fBbasexserver\fP(1) or the BaseX Documentation Wiki (https://docs.basex.org/wiki/User_Management)
.SH OPTIONS
A short description of option can be obtained from
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    $ basexclient \-h

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or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Startup_Options#BaseX_Client
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBbasexserver\fP(1), \fBbasex\fP(1), \fBbasexgui\fP(1)
.PP
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   .basexhome                can be created by a user to mark a folder as home directory.
   .basex                    BaseX (standalone and server) properties
   .basexgui                 BaseX additional GUI properties 
   .basexhistory             contains commands that have been typed in most recently.
   ${basexhome}/data         Default database directory
   ${basexhome}/data/.logs   Server logs
   ${basexhome}/repo         Package repository

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BaseX Documentation Wiki: https://docs.basex.org
.SH HISTORY
BaseX started as a research project of the Database and Information Systems
Group (DBIS) at the University of Konstanz in 2005 and soon turned into a
feature-rich open source XML database and XPath/XQuery processor.
.SH LICENSE
New (3-clause) BSD License
.SH AUTHOR
BaseX is primarily developed by Christian Gruen <cg@basex.org> with
the help of various contributors <https://basex.org/about/open-source/>
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The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek <alex@holupirek.de> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux.