NAME

       mediatomb - UPnP MediaServer

SYNOPSIS

       mediatomb [-i IP address ] [-e interface ] [-p port ] [-c config file ] [-d] [-m home dir ]
                 [-f config dir ] [-P PID file ] [-u user ] [-g group ] [-a path ] [-l logfile ] [-D]
                 [--compile-info] [--version] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page describes the command line parameters for MediaTomb. For a detailed documentation please
       see the README file which is distributed with MediaTomb or visit http://mediatomb.cc/.

OPTIONS

       -i, --ip
           The server will bind to the given IP address, currently we can not bind to multiple interfaces so
           binding to 0.0.0.0 will not be possible.

       -e, --interface
           The server will bind to the given network interface, currently we can only bind to one interface at a
           time.

       -p, --port
           Specify the server port that will be used for the web user interface, for serving media and for UPnP
           requests, minimum allowed value is 49152. If this option is omitted a default port will be chosen,
           however, in this case it is possible that the port will change upon server restart.

       -c, --config
           By default MediaTomb will search for a file named "config.xml" in the ~/.mediatomb directory. This
           option allows you to specify a config file by the name and location of your choice. The file name
           must be absolute.

       -d, --daemon
           Run the server in background, MediaTomb will shutdown on SIGTERM, SIGINT and restart on SIGHUP.

       -m, --home
           Specify an alternative home directory. By default MediaTomb will try to retrieve the users home
           directory from the environment, then it will look for a .mediatomb directory in users home. If
           .mediatomb was found we will try to find the default configuration file (config.xml), if not found we
           will create both, the .mediatomb directory and the default config file.

           This option is useful in two cases: when the home directory can not be retrieved from the environment
           (in this case you could also use -c to point MediaTomb to your configuration file or when you want to
           create a new configuration in a non standard location (for example, when setting up daemon mode). In
           the latter case you can combine this parameter with the parameter described in Section 5.6, "Config
           Directory"

       -f, --cfgdir
           The default configuration directory is combined out of the users home and the default that equals to
           .mediatomb, this option allows you to override the default directory naming. This is useful when you
           want to setup the server in a nonstandard location, but want that the default configuration to be
           written by the server.

       -P, --pidfile
           Specify a file that will hold the server process ID, the filename must be absolute.

       -u, --user
           Run MediaTomb under the specified user name, this is especially useful in combination with the daemon
           mode.

       -g, --group
           Run MediaTomb under the specified group, this is especially useful in combination with the daemon
           mode.

       -a, --add
           Add the specified directory or file name to the database without UI interaction. The path must be
           absolute, if path is a directory then it will be added recursively. If path is a file, then only the
           given file will be imported.

       -l, --logfile
           Do not output log messages to stdout, but redirect everything to a specified file.

       -D, --debug
           Enable debug log output.

       --compile-info
           Print the configuration summary (used libraried and enabled features) and exit.

       --version
           Print version information and exit.

       -h, --help
           Print a summary about the available command line options.

AUTHORS

       Sergey Bostandzhyan

       Leonhard Wimmer

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2005 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan
       Copyright © 2006-2008 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan, Leonhard Wimmer

       This manual page is part of MediaTomb.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

MediaTomb 0.11.0                                   2008-02-23                                       MEDIATOMB(1)