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).

GNU Project                      November 2016                 HTAGS-SERVER(1)