Manual:Pywikibot/Global Options
Global arguments available for all bots
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These options will override the configuration in user-config.py settings.
| Parameter | Description | Config variable |
|---|---|---|
-dir:PATH |
Read the bot's configuration data from directory given by PATH, instead of from the default directory. | |
-config:file |
The user config filename. Default is user-config.py. | user-config.py |
-lang:xx |
Set the language of the wiki you want to work on, overriding the configuration in user-config.py. xx should be the language code. | mylang |
-family:xyz |
Set the family of the wiki you want to work on, e.g. wikipedia, wiktionary, wikitravel, ... This will override the configuration in user-config.py. | family |
-user:xyz |
Log in as user 'xyz' instead of the default username. | usernames |
-daemonize:xyz |
Immediately return control to the terminal and redirect stdout and stderr to file xyz. (only use for bots that require no input from stdin). | |
-help |
Show the help text. | |
-log |
Enable the log file, using the default filename 'script_name-bot.log' Logs will be stored in the logs subdirectory. | log |
-log:xyz |
Enable the log file, using 'xyz' as the filename. | logfilename |
-nolog |
Disable the log file (if it is enabled by default). | |
-maxlag |
Sets a new maxlag parameter to a number of seconds. Defer bot edits during periods of database server lag. Default is set by config.py | maxlag |
-putthrottle:n-pt:n-put_throttle:n |
Set the minimum time (in seconds) the bot will wait between saving pages. | put_throttle |
-debug:item-debug |
Enable the log file and include extensive debugging data for component "item" (for all components if the second form is used). | debug_log |
-verbose-v |
Have the bot provide additional console output that may be useful in debugging. | verbose_output |
-cosmeticchanges-cc |
Toggles the cosmetic_changes setting made in config.py or user-config.py to its inverse and overrules it. All other settings and restrictions are untouched. | cosmetic_changes |
-simulate |
Disables writing to the server. Useful for testing and debugging of new code (if given, doesn't do any real changes, but only shows what would have been changed). | simulate |
-<config var>:n |
You may use all given numeric config variables as option and modify it with command line. |