RACKUP(1)																 RACKUP(1)

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)