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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 (C) 2005 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan
       Copyright (C) 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.