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MicroNova YUZU: 20080616 (JSP 1.2/2.0) Released
06-17-2008
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CHEETAH(1) General Commands Manual CHEETAH(1) NAME
cheetah - Python template command-line tool SYNOPSIS
cheetah, cheetah-compile cheetah COMMAND [options] FILE... cheetah-compile [options] FILE... DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the cheetah command-line tool. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. cheetah is a Python-powered template engine and code generator. It can be used as a standalone utility or it can be combined with other tools. Cheetah has many potential uses, but web developers looking for a viable alternative to ASP, JSP, PHP and PSP are expected to be its principle user group. The cheetah command-line tool is the standalone utility portion of the software suite. cheetah-compile is a convenience script that for the "cheetah compile ..." command. The utility accepts a single command possible options and a list of files. If FILE is a single "-", read standard input and write standard output. COMMANDS
The possible cheetah commands are listed below. You may abbreviate the command to the first letter; e.g., 'h' == 'help'. compile Compile template definitions fill Fill template definitions help Print commands help message options Print options help message for compile and fill commands test Run regression tests version Print version number OPTIONS
The options for cheetah apply to the compile and fill commands. A summary of options is included below. --idir DIR Input directories(default: current dir) --odir ODIR Output directories (default: current dir) --iext IEXT Input extension. The default input extension for both the compile and fill commands is "tmpl". --oext OEXT Output extension. The default output extension for the compile command is "py". The default output extension for fill is "html". -R Recurse subdirectories looking for input files --debug Print lots of diagnostic output to the standard error file descriptor --env Print the environment in the searchList --flat No destination subdirectories --nobackup Do not make backups --pickle FILE unpickle FILE and put that output in the searchList --stdout, -p Output to standard output file descriptor (pipe) SEE ALSO
pydoc(1) The programs are documented fully on the project website http://cheetahtemplate.sourceforge.net. You can also browse the Python library files and their docstring descriptions by using the standard pydoc utility. AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Chad C. Walstrom <chewie@debian.org>, for the Debian project and is dedicated to the Public Domain. 2005 Apr 04 CHEETAH(1)