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NAME

       couchdb - Apache CouchDB database server

SYNOPSIS

       couchdb [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       The couchdb command runs the Apache CouchDB server.

       Erlang is called with:

       -os_mon
	      start_memsup  false     start_cpu_sup false     disk_space_check_interval 1     disk_almost_full_threshold 1 -sasl errlog_type error
	      +K true +A 4

       Erlang inherits the environment of this command.

       You can override these options using the environment:

	      ERL_AFLAGS, ERL_FLAGS, ERL_ZFLAGS

       See erl(1) for more information about the environment variables.

       The exit status is 0 for success or 1 for failure.

OPTIONS

       -h     display a short help message and exit

       -V     display version information and exit

       -a FILE
	      add configuration FILE to chain

       -A DIR add configuration DIR to chain

       -n     reset configuration file chain (including system default)

       -c     print configuration file chain and exit

       -i     use the interactive Erlang shell

       -b     spawn as a background process

       -p FILE
	      set the background PID FILE (overrides system default)

       -r SECONDS
	      respawn background process after SECONDS (defaults to no respawn)

       -o FILE
	      redirect background stdout to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stdout)

       -e FILE
	      redirect background stderr to FILE (defaults to couchdb.stderr)

       -s     display the status of the background process

       -k     kill the background process, will respawn if needed

       -d     shutdown the background process

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB>.

       Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the	License.  You  may
       obtain a copy of the
       License at

	      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITH-
       OUT WARRANTIES OR
       CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions  and	limitations  under
       the License.

couchdb - Apache CouchDB 1.2.0					   January 2013 							COUCHDB(1)