Server Options

The following options can be passed to the server on startup:

• --port

  portnum : sets the communication port number

  default value: 8000

• --initfile

  the location of the (optional) server initiation file. See the sample init file guidohttpdserver.ini in the GUIDO source for inspiration.

  default value: A file called guidohttpdserver.ini in the directory of the executable.

• --daemon

  used with upstart to make this run as a daemon.

• --logfile

  log file name : use an empty string to write to STDOUT

  default value: guidohttpdserver.log in the directory of the current executable

• --logmode

  logfile mode. Use 0 for Apache-like or 1 for XML.

  default value: 0 (Apache-like)

• --cachedir

  name of the cache directory

  default value: A directory named cache in the directory of the current executable

• --nocache

  not use cache directory for writing or reading session.

• --svgfontfile

  name of the svg font file.

  default value: A file called guido2.svg in the directory of the current executable

• --version

  version of the server and of guido

• --access-control-allow-origin

  set ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ to ‘*’ in http response headers

• --maxsession

  maximum session hold in server.

  default value: 100

• --help

  display all of these options in a help message

Here’s an example of how to make the cachedir in the file /home/guidofriend/mychachedir

./guidohttpserver –cachedir /home/guidofriend/mycachedir

Here’s an example of how to run the server in daemon mode

sudo nohup ./guidohttpserver –daemon &