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NAME
rackup
rackup(1) -- An utility for run Rack-based applications
SYNOPSIS
rackup [ruby options] [rack options] [rackup config]
DESCRIPTION
Rackup is a useful tool for running Rack applications, which uses the
Rack::Builder DSL to configure middleware and build up applications
easily.
rackup automatically figures out the environment it is run in, and runs
your application as FastCGI, CGI, or standalone with Mongrel or WEBrick
-all from the same configuration.
OPTIONS
Ruby options:
-e, --eval [LINE]
evaluate a LINE of code
-d, --debug
set debugging flags (set $DEBUG to true)
-w, --warn
turn warnings on for your script
-I, --include [PATH]
specify $LOAD_PATH (may be used more than once)
-r, --require [LIBRARY]
require the library, before executing your script
Rack options:
-s, --server [SERVER]
serve using SERVER (webrick/mongrel)
-o, --host [HOST]
listen on HOST (default: 0.0.0.0)
-p, --port [PORT]
use PORT (default: 9292)
-E, --env [ENVIRONMENT]
use ENVIRONMENT for defaults (default: development)
-D, --daemonize
run daemonized in the background
-P, --pid [FILE]
file to store PID (default: rack.pid)
Common options:
-h, --help
Show the help message
--version
Show version
EXAMPLES
This is a simple example on how to start an application based on Rack
with rackup:
$ rackup -Ilib blog/config.ru
[2010-12-10 15:01:11] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
[2010-12-10 15:01:11] INFO ruby 1.9.2 (2010-08-18) [x86_64-linux]
[2010-12-10 15:01:11] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=4496
port=9292
AUTHORS
Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Christian Neukirchen
<http://purl.org/net/chneukirchen>
For a complete list of authors and contributors to the project, please
take a look here https://github.com/rack/rack/contributors
This manual page was written by Ermenegildo Fiorito fiorito.g@gmail.com
for the Debian Project
SEE ALSO
ruby(1) http://rack.rubyforge.org
December 2010 RACKUP(1)
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