railcontrol(1)

railcontrol1

A software for model railway control

Usage

railcontrol [--config=ConfigFile] [{-d | --daemonize}] [--logfile=LogFile] [{-h | --help}] [{-s | --silent}]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the railcontrol command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

RailControl is a software for model railway control. The handling is done with a webbrowser on the device of your choice.

Options

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

--config=_ConfigFile_

Read config file with file name ConfigFile (default ConfigFile: railcontrol.conf).

-d, --daemonize

Daemonize RailControl. Implies -s.

--logfile=_LogFile_

Write a logfile to file LogFile (default LogFile: railcontrol.log).

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-s, --silent

Omit writing to console.

Files

railcontrol.conf

The configuration file to control the behaviour of railcontrol. A template is located at /usr/share/doc/railcontrol/railcontrol.conf.dist. Copy that file to the directory of your choice and edit it to your needs.

From railcontrol 24+dfsg1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.