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2 .\" Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>.
3 .TH BUILDSLAVE "1" "August 2010" "Buildbot version: 0.8.1" "User Commands"
5 buildslave \- a tool for managing buildbot slave instances
26 .BR \-r | \-\-relocatable
29 .BR \-k | \-\-keepalive
41 .BR \-s | \-\-log-size
45 .BR \-l | \-\-log-count
61 .BR start | stop | restart
72 .BR \-\-help | \-\-version
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80 The `buildslave' command-line tool can be used to start or stop a
81 buildslave or create a new buildslave instance.
86 Create and populate a directory for a new buildslave
99 Print the list of available commands and global options.
100 All subsequent commands are ignored.
103 Print twistd and buildslave version.
104 All subsequent commands are ignored.
108 .SS create-slave command options
111 Re-use an existing directory.
114 Show help for current command and exit.
115 All subsequent commands are ignored.
117 .BR \-k | \-\-keepalive
118 Send keepalive requests to buildmaster every
121 Default value is 600 seconds.
123 .BR \-l | \-\-log-count
124 Limit the number of kept old twisted log files to
126 All files are kept by default.
129 Do not emit the commands being run.
131 .BR \-r | \-\-relocatable
132 Create a relocatable buildbot.tac
134 .BR \-s | \-\-log-size
135 Set size at which twisted lof file is rotated to
138 Default value is 1000000 bytes.
141 Set umask for files created by buildslave.
142 Default value is 077 which means only owner can access the files.
148 Set wether child processes should be run in a pty (0 means do not run in a
153 Path to buildslave base directory.
156 Set the host and port of buildbot master to attach to in form
158 This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.
161 Buildslave name to connect with.
162 This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.
165 Buildslave password to connect with.
166 This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.
168 \fBAndriy Senkovych\fR <\&andriysenkovych@gmail.com\&>
173 The complete documentation is available in texinfo format. To use it, run
174 .BR "info buildbot" .