Introduction

This document describes the capabilities and features of the command line interface.

Basics

Since the program is compiled as a Java program you need to pass its name to the Java interpreter like this.

java -jar print-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Note that the version suffix (1.0-SNAPSHOT) can change in later versions.

To get a help text from the command line just use the argument -h or --help.

java -jar print-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar --help

Arguments

Most arguments can be passed using either a short name or a long one. Short arguments a prefixed by a single dash character (-), long ones by a double dash (--).

Help

Prints a online help text.

Short form: -h
Long form: help

Configuration

Sets the routes definition file to be used. See the configuration page for details.

Short form: -c
Long form: config

Non daemon

Disable daemon mode, used for debuging.

Short form: -nd
Long form: no-daemon

Watch for changes

If to reload configuration after a change.

Short form: -w
Long form: watch

Quiet mode

Print no output at all.

Short form: -q
Long form: quiet

Verbose mode

Sets verbose output.

Short form: -v
Long form: verbose

Examples

java -jar print-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar -c routes.xml

Starts the SUB PrintServer with the given configuration file and sends messages to the console.

nohup java -jar print-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar -c routes.xml &

Starts the SUB PrintServer with the given configuration file in the background and sends output to nohup.out. The process will not be terminated at logout.

Usage of SUB PrintServer