COUCHDB(1)                       User Commands                      COUCHDB(1)



NAME
       couchdb - Apache CouchDB database server

SYNOPSIS
       couchdb [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       The couchdb command runs the Apache CouchDB server.

       Erlang is called with:

       -sasl errlog_type error +K true +A 4

       Erlang inherits the environment of this command.

       You can override these options using the environment:

              ERL_AFLAGS, ERL_FLAGS, ERL_ZFLAGS

       See erl(1) for more information about the environment variables.

       The exit status is 0 for success or 1 for failure.

OPTIONS
       -h     display a short help message and exit

       -V     display version information and exit

       -a FILE
              add configuration FILE to chain

       -A DIR add configuration DIR to chain

       -n     reset configuration file chain (including system default)

       -c     print configuration file chain and exit

       -i     use the interactive Erlang shell

       -b     spawn as a background process

       -p FILE
              set the background PID FILE (overrides system default)

       -r SECONDS
              respawn background process after SECONDS (defaults to no
              respawn)

       -o FILE
              redirect background stdout to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stdout)

       -e FILE
              redirect background stderr to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stderr)

       -s     display the status of the background process

       -k     kill the background process, will respawn if needed

       -d     shutdown the background process

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs at <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB>.

       Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
       not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
       a copy of the License at

              http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
       distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
       WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
       implied. See the License for the specific language governing
       permissions and limitations under the License.



couchdb - Apache CouchDB 1.0.1    August 2010                       COUCHDB(1)
