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6 lighttpd - a fast, secure and flexible web server
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9 lighttpd [-ptDvVh] -f configfile [-m moduledir]
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12 lighttpd (pronounced 'lighty') is an advanced HTTP daemon that aims to
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15 FastCGI, CGI, basic and digest HTTP authentication, output compression,
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18 This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details on
19 how to configure lighttpd and its modules see the files in the doc-
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23 The following options are supported:
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25 -f configfile
26 Load configuration file configfile.
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32 -p Print the parsed configuration file in its internal form and
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35 -t Test the configuration file for syntax errors and exit.
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37 -D Do not daemonize (go into background). The default is to daemo‐
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40 -v Show version and exit.
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42 -V Show compile-time features and exit.
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47 /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
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55 Online Documentation: http://wiki.lighttpd.net/
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59 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1, RFC 2616.
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61 HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication, RFC 2617.
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63 The Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1, RFC 3875.
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65 The FastCGI specification.
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68 Jan Kneschke <jan@kneschke.de>
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