---
name: "viewcvsd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "viewcvs"
version: "0.9.2+cvs.1.0.dev.2004.07.28-4.1etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/viewcvsd"
---

# viewcvsd(8)

viewcvs standalone daemon

## NAME

viewcvsd — viewcvs standalone daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**viewcvsd** \[**-p** *port\]  \[***-r** *repository\]  \[***-g***\]  \[***--help***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **viewcvsd**.

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

**viewcvsd** is a standalone daemon to browsing  CVS Repository via HTTP.

## OPTIONS

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-p** *port* **--port=***port*

  Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.  Default port is 7467.

- **-r** *path* **--repository=***path*

  Specify another path for the default CVS repository "Development".  If you don't have your repository at /home/cvsroot you will need to  use this option or you have to install first and edit viewcvs.conf.

- **-g** **--gui**

  Pop up a graphical interface for serving and testing ViewCVS.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by kitame kitame@debian.org for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU Free Documentation  License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free  Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover  Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.