---
name: "cdvserver"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "codeville"
version: "0.8.0-2.1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdvserver"
---

# cdvserver(1)

server for the codeville distributed revision system.

## NAME

cdvserver - server for the codeville distributed revision system.

## SYNOPSIS

**cdvserver \[-c file \| -n\] \[-f file\] \[-l file\] \[-p file\] \[-b\] \[-d\] \[-r\] \[-u user\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **cdvserver**  command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**cdvserver** is a server for the codeville distributed  revision system.  A server keeps track of revisions and holds a  database used for revision control.   The codeville system needs both a server and a client.  **cdv** is the only known codeville client.

## OPTIONS

**-c \<configfile\>** Specify file to use as a configuration file.

- **-n**

  Don't use a configuration file.

- **-f \<datadir\>**

  Specify where all the database files and password file go.

- **-l \<logfile\>**

  Specify where the server output goes when daemonized.

- **-p \<pidfile\>**

  Specify a file to hold the process ID of the server in.

- **-b**

  Start server in backup mode.

- **-d**

  Don't daemonize, won't write pidfile or logfile.

- **-u \<user\>**

  Run as the given user, must be root to do this.

- **-r**

  Rebuild internal data structures on startup.

## SEE ALSO

[**cdv**(1)](/cdv/1.md), [**cdvpasswd**(1)](/cdvpasswd/1.md), **http://www.codeville.org**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Michael Janssen \<jamuraa@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).