These options will override the configuration in user-config.py settings.
Global options
Parameter
Description
Config variable
-dir:PATH
Read the bot's configuration data from directory given by PATH, instead of from the default directory.
-lang:xx
Set the language of the wiki you want to work on, overriding the configuration in user-config.py. xx should be the language code.
mylang
-family:xyz
Set the family of the wiki you want to work on, e.g. wikipedia, wiktionary, wikitravel, ... This will override the configuration in user-config.py.
family
-user:xyz
Log in as user 'xyz' instead of the default username.
usernames
-daemonize:xyz
Immediately return control to the terminal and redirect stdout and stderr to file xyz. (only use for bots that require no input from stdin).
-help
Show the help text.
-log
Enable the log file, using the default filename 'script_name-bot.log' Logs will be stored in the logs subdirectory.
log
-log:xyz
Enable the log file, using 'xyz' as the filename.
logfilename
-nolog
Disable the log file (if it is enabled by default).
-maxlag
Sets a new maxlag parameter to a number of seconds. Defer bot edits during periods of database server lag. Default is set by config.py
maxlag
-putthrottle:n -pt:n -put_throttle:n
Set the minimum time (in seconds) the bot will wait between saving pages.
put_throttle
-debug:item -debug
Enable the log file and include extensive debugging data for component "item" (for all components if the second form is used).
debug_log
-verbose -v
Have the bot provide additional console output that may be useful in debugging.
verbose_output
-cosmeticchanges -cc
Toggles the cosmetic_changes setting made in config.py or user-config.py to its inverse and overrules it. All other settings and restrictions are untouched.
cosmetic_changes
-simulate
Disables writing to the server. Useful for testing and debugging of new code (if given, doesn't do any real changes, but only shows what would have been changed).
simulate
-<config var>:n
You may use all given numeric config variables as option and modify it with command line.
