HTAGS-SERVER(1) | General Commands Manual | HTAGS-SERVER(1) |
NAME
htags-server - a private Web/CGI server for htags
SYNOPSIS
htags-server [-b ip-address][-u language][--retry[=n]][port]
DESCRIPTION
Htags-server is a private Web/CGI server for the hyper-text generated by htags(1).
In advance of using this command, you should execute htags(1). Then you can execute htags-server at the same place. You can start browsing at 'http://localhost:8000/' by default. To stop the server, just press on 'CTRL-C'.
Python 2/3 or Ruby equipped with WEBrick is required. By default, htags-server looks for python first, if not found then looks for ruby.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
- -b, --bind ip-address
- Specifies the IP address on which htags-server listen. The default value is 127.0.0.1.
- -u, --use language
- Specifies language to use, which may be one of: ´python´ and ´ruby´.
- --retry[=n]
- If the port is already in use, retry n times with incrementing the port number. The default of n is 20.
- port
- Specifies the port on which htags-server listen. If you want to use multiple sessions, you must use unique number for each htags-server. The default value is 8000.
EXAMPLES
$ gtags $ htags --suggest2 $ htags-server Python2 http/cgi server Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1 port 8000 ...
(another terminal) $ firefox http://localhost:8000/
$ htags-server Error: port 8000 already in use. $ htags-server --retry Warning: port 8000 already in use (skipped) Please access at http://127.0.0.1:8001 Python2 http/cgi server Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1 port 8001 ...
DIAGNOSTICS
Htags-server exits with a non-0 value if an error occurred, 0 otherwise.
SEE ALSO
global(1), gtags(1), htags(1), python(1), ruby(1).
GNU Global source code tag system
(http://www.gnu.org/software/global/).
AUTHOR
Shigio YAMAGUCHI.
HISTORY
The htags-server command appeared in Global-6.3 (2014).
November 2016 | GNU Project |