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NAME

6       kiwix-serve - Kiwix HTTP Server
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SYNOPSIS

9       kiwix-serve  [--index=INDEX_PATH]  [--port=PORT] [--verbose] [--daemon]
10       [--attachToProcess=PID] ZIM_PATH
11       kiwix-serve --library [--port=PORT] [--verbose] [--daemon] [--attachTo‐
12       Process=PID] LIBRARY_PATH
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DESCRIPTION

15       Stand-alone HTTP server for serving ZIM contents over the network.
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18       --index=INDEX_PATH
19              Path to index folder created using kiwix-install.
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23              Port number on which the server should listen.
24              By default, server listens on port 80.
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32              Run the server as a daemon.
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36              Shutdown the server when process numbered PID dies.
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40              ZIM file of the content to serve.
41              Mandatory if not in library mode.
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45              Enable library mode.
46              Serves  the  contents  of a library file instead of a single ZIM
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51              Kiwix library file path.
52              Library is an XML file created using kiwix-manage.
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SEE ALSO

56       kiwix(1) kiwix-manage(1)
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AUTHOR

60       Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org>
61       Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasudev@gmail.com> (Manual)
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65                                  21 May 2012                         KIWIX(1)