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.TH COUCHDB "1" "August 2013" "couchdb - Apache CouchDB 1.4.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
couchdb \- Apache CouchDB database server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B couchdb
[\fIOPTION\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The couchdb command runs the Apache CouchDB server.
.PP
Erlang is called with:
.TP
\fB\-os_mon\fR
start_memsup false     start_cpu_sup false     disk_space_check_interval 1     disk_almost_full_threshold 1 \fB\-sasl\fR errlog_type error +K true +A 4
.PP
Erlang inherits the environment of this command.
.PP
You can override these options using the environment:
.IP
ERL_AFLAGS, ERL_FLAGS, ERL_ZFLAGS
.PP
See erl(1) for more information about the environment variables.
.PP
The exit status is 0 for success or 1 for failure.
.SH OPTIONS

.TP
\fB\-h\fR
display a short help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR
display version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-a\fR FILE
add configuration FILE to chain
.TP
\fB\-A\fR DIR
add configuration DIR to chain
.TP
\fB\-n\fR
reset configuration file chain (including system default)
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
print configuration file chain and exit
.TP
\fB\-i\fR
use the interactive Erlang shell
.TP
\fB\-b\fR
spawn as a background process
.TP
\fB\-p\fR FILE
set the background PID FILE (overrides system default)
.TP
\fB\-r\fR SECONDS
respawn background process after SECONDS (defaults to no respawn)
.TP
\fB\-o\fR FILE
redirect background stdout to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stdout)
.TP
\fB\-e\fR FILE
redirect background stderr to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stderr)
.TP
\fB\-s\fR
display the status of the background process
.TP
\fB\-k\fR
kill the background process, will respawn if needed
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
shutdown the background process
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs at <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB>.
.PP
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.IP
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE\-2.0
.PP
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