Manual:Pywikibot/generate user files.py

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Wikimedia Git repository has this file: generate_user_files.py

generate_user_files.py is a Pywikibot script used to create one or two user files:

This script has to be invoked via the pwb wrapper script.

Output[edit]

Example of output using Windows:

You can abort at any time by pressing ctrl-c

Your default user directory is "C:\pywikibot"
 1: commons
 2: i18n
 3: incubator
 4: lyricwiki
 5: mediawiki
 6: meta
 7: omegawiki
 8: osm
 9: outreach
10: species
11: strategy
12: test
13: vikidia
14: wikia
15: wikiapiary
16: wikibooks
17: wikidata
18: wikimania
19: wikimediachapter
20: wikinews
21: wikipedia
22: wikiquote
23: wikisource
24: wikitech
25: wikiversity
26: wikivoyage
27: wiktionary
28: wowwiki
Select family of sites we are working on, just enter the number or name (default: wikipedia):

Global arguments available

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.
`-config:file`	The user config filename. Default is user-config.py.	`user-config.py`
`-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.