---
name: "gwsetup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gwsetup"
version: "6.08+git20181019+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gwsetup"
---

# gwsetup(1)

Interactive interface to Geneweb databases management

## NAME

gwsetup - Interactive interface to Geneweb databases management

## SYNOPSIS

**gwsetup** \[ *options* \]\

## DESCRIPTION

*gwsetup* helps in *GeneWeb* databases management.

The primary documentation of *gwsetup* is in the HTML documentation, which you can find in the documentation directory (/usr/share/doc/geneweb on Debian systems).\
 Please look there for complete and up-to-date documentation.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  command-line help

- **-lang \<string\>**

  default language

- **-daemon**

  use as a Unix daemon

- **-p \<port\>**

  select a port number (default=2316)

- **-only \<file\>**

  path to the file containing the IP address of the authorized host

- **-log \<file\>**

  redirect log trace to this file.

- **-gd \<dir\>**

  path of the geneweb share directory