-.\" Minetest man page
-.TH minetest 6 "10 September 2013" "" ""
+.TH minetest 6 "2 February 2019" "" ""
.SH NAME
-minetest \- Multiplayer infinite-world block sandbox
+minetest, minetestserver \- Multiplayer infinite-world block sandbox
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B minetest
-[ OPTION ... ]
+[\fB--server SERVER OPTIONS\fR | \fBCLIENT OPTIONS\fR]
+[\fBCOMMON OPTIONS\fR]
+[\fBWORLD PATH\fR]
+
+.B minetestserver
+[\fBSERVER OPTIONS\fR]
+[\fBCOMMON OPTIONS\fR]
+[\fBWORLD PATH\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Minetest
-is one of the first InfiniMiner/Minecraft(/whatever) inspired games (started October 2010), with a goal of taking the survival multiplayer gameplay to a slightly different direction.
+.B Minetest is one of the first InfiniMiner/Minecraft(/whatever) inspired games
+(started October 2010), with a goal of taking the survival multiplayer gameplay
+in a slightly different direction.
.PP
-The main design philosophy is to keep it technically simple, stable and portable. It will be kept lightweight enough to run on fairly old hardware.
+The main design philosophy is to keep it technically simple, stable and
+portable. It will be kept lightweight enough to run on fairly old hardware.
-.SH OPTIONS
+.SH COMMON OPTIONS
.TP
-\-\-address <value>
-Address to connect to
+.B \-\-help
+Print allowed options and exit
.TP
-\-\-config <value>
+.B \-\-version
+Print version information and exit
+.TP
+.B \-\-config <value>
Load configuration from specified file
.TP
-\-\-disable\-unittests
-Disable unit tests
+.B \-\-logfile <value>
+Set logfile path ('' for no logging)
+.TP
+.B \-\-info
+Print more information to console
.TP
-\-\-enable\-unittests
-Enable unit tests
+.B \-\-verbose
+Print even more information to console
.TP
-\-\-gameid <value>
-Set gameid
+.B \-\-trace
+Print enormous amounts of information to console
.TP
-\-\-go
-Disable main menu
+.B \-\-quiet
+Print only errors to console
.TP
-\-\-help
-Show allowed options
+.B \-\-color <value>
+Colorize the logs ('always', 'never' or 'auto'), defaults to 'auto'
.TP
-\-\-version
-Show version information
+.B \-\-gameid <value> | list
+Set gameid or list available ones
.TP
-\-\-logfile <value>
-Set logfile path (debug.txt)
+.B \-\-worldname <value>
+Set world path by name
.TP
-\-\-map\-dir <value>
+.B \-\-world <value>
+Set world path
+.TP
+.B \-\-worldlist path | name | both
+Get list of worlds ('path' lists paths, 'name' lists names, 'both' lists both)
+.TP
+.B \-\-map\-dir <value>
Same as \-\-world (deprecated)
.TP
-\-\-name <value>
+.B \-\-port <value>
+Set network port (UDP) to use
+.TP
+.B \-\-run\-unittests
+Run unit tests and exit
+
+.SH CLIENT OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-\-address <value>
+Address to connect to
+.TP
+.B \-\-go
+Disable main menu
+.TP
+.B \-\-name <value>
Set player name
.TP
-\-\-password <value>
+.B \-\-password <value>
Set password
.TP
-\-\-port <value>
-Set network port (UDP) to use
+.B \-\-password\-file <value>
+Set password from contents of file
.TP
-\-\-random\-input
-Enable random user input, for testing
+.B \-\-random\-input
+Enable random user input, for testing (client only)
.TP
-\-\-server
-Run dedicated server
+.B \-\-videomodes
+List available video modes (client only)
.TP
-\-\-speedtests
+.B \-\-speedtests
Run speed tests
+
+.SH SERVER OPTIONS
.TP
-\-\-videomodes
-List available video modes
-.TP
-\-\-info
-Print more information to console
+.B \-\-migrate <value>
+Migrate from current map backend to another. Possible values are sqlite3,
+leveldb, redis, postgresql, and dummy.
.TP
-\-\-verbose
-Print even more information to console
+.B \-\-migrate-auth <value>
+Migrate from current auth backend to another. Possible values are sqlite3,
+leveldb, and files.
.TP
-\-\-trace
-Print enormous amounts of information to console
+.B \-\-migrate-players <value>
+Migrate from current players backend to another. Possible values are sqlite3,
+leveldb, postgresql, dummy, and files.
.TP
-\-\-world <value>
-Set world path
+.B \-\-migrate-mod-storage <value>
+Migrate from current mod storage backend to another. Possible values are
+sqlite3, dummy, and files.
.TP
-\-\-migrate <value>
-Migrate from current map backend to another. Possible values are sqlite3
-and leveldb. Only works when using \-\-server.
-
-.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.B \-\-terminal
+Display an interactive terminal over ncurses during execution.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.B MINETEST_SUBGAME_PATH
+Colon delimited list of directories to search for games.
.TP
-MINETEST_SUBGAME_PATH
-Colon delimited list of directories to search for subgames.
+.B MINETEST_MOD_PATH
+Colon delimited list of directories to search for mods.
.SH BUGS
-Please report all bugs to Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com>.
+Please report all bugs at https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues.
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
-Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com>
-and contributors.
+Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com> and contributors.
.PP
This man page was originally written by
Juhani Numminen <juhaninumminen0@gmail.com>.
.SH WWW
http://www.minetest.net/
-
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR minetestserver(6)
projects / dragonfireclient.git / blobdiff