Provided by: python-web2py_2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1_all 
NAME
web2py - web2py Web Framework server launcher
SYNOPSIS
web2py [options]
DESCRIPTION
web2py is a the startup script to launch web2py server running applications located the current
directory. If the user has not write permissions on this directory, web2py will server applications
located at ~/web2py
ATTENTION: unless --nogui option or a password is specified (-a "passwd") web2py will attempt to run a
GUI. In this case command line options are ignored.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes
(`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.
--version
Show version of program and exit.
-h, --help
Show summary of options and exit.
-i IP, --ip=IP
Ip address of the server (defaults: 127.0.0.1)
-p PORT, --port=PORT
Port of server (defaults:8000)
-a PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
Password to be used for administration (use -a "<recycle>" to reuse the last password))
-c SSL_CERTIFICATE, --ssl_certificate=SSL_CERTIFICATE
File that contains ssl certificate
-k SSL_PRIVATE_KEY, --ssl_private_key=SSL_PRIVATE_KEY
File that contains ssl private key
-d PID_FILENAME, --pid_filename=PID_FILENAME
File to store the pid of the server
-l LOG_FILENAME, --log_filename=LOG_FILENAME
File to log connections
-n NUMTHREADS, --numthreads=NUMTHREADS
Number of threads (deprecated)
--minthreads=MINTHREADS
Minimum number of server threads
--maxthreads=MAXTHREADS
Maximum number of server threads
-s SERVER_NAME, --server_name=SERVER_NAME
Server name for the web server
-q REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE, --request_queue_size=REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE
Max number of queued requests when server unavailable
-o TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
Timeout for individual request (Defaults: 10 seconds)
-z SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, --shutdown_timeout=SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT
Timeout on shutdown of server (Defaults: 5 seconds)
-f FOLDER, --folder=FOLDER
Folder from which to run web2py
-v, --verbose
Increase --test verbosity
-Q, --quiet
Disable all output
-D DEBUGLEVEL, --debug=DEBUGLEVEL
Set debug output level (0-100, 0 means all, 100 means none; default is 30)
-S APPNAME, --shell=APPNAME
Run web2py in interactive shell or IPython (if installed) with specified appname (if app does not
exist it will be created).
-P, --plain
Only use plain python shell; should be used with --shell option
-M, --import_models
Auto import model files; default is False; should be used with --shell option
-R PYTHON_FILE, --run=PYTHON_FILE
Run PYTHON_FILE in web2py environment; should be used with --shell option
-T TEST_PATH, --test=TEST_PATH
Run doctests in web2py environment; TEST_PATH like a/c/f (c,f optional)
-C, --cron
Trigger a cron run manually; usually invoked from a system crontab
--softcron
Triggers the use of softcron
-N, --no-cron
Do not start cron automatically
-J, --cronjob
Identify cron-initiated command
-L CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
Config file
-F PROFILER_FILENAME, --profiler=PROFILER_FILENAME
Profiler filename
--nogui
Text-only, no GUI
-A ARGS, --args=ARGS
Should be followed by a list of arguments to be passed to script, to be used with -S, -A must be
the last option
--interfaces=INTERFACES
Allows multiple interfaces to be served
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of web2py can always be obtained from http://www.web2py.com/examples/default/download
DOCUMENTATION
The Official web2py book is available at http://www.web2py.com/book
AUTHOR
web2py was written by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>>. This manual page was written by José L. Redrejo Rodríguez <jredrejo@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).