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<h2 class="chapter">6 Command-line Tools</h2>
<p>This section describes command-line tools available after buildbot
installation. Since version 0.8 the one-for-all <samp><span class="command">buildbot</span></samp>
command-line tool was divided into two parts namely <samp><span class="command">buildbot</span></samp>
and <samp><span class="command">buildslave</span></samp>. The last one was separated from main
command-line tool to minimize dependencies required for running a
buildslave while leaving all other functions to <samp><span class="command">buildbot</span></samp> tool.
<p>Every command-line tool has a list of global options and a set of commands
which have their own options. One can run these tools in the following way:
<pre class="example"> buildbot [global options] <var>command</var> [command options]
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<p>Global options are the same for both tools which perform the following
actions:
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<dt><code>--help</code><dd>Print general help about available commands and global options and exit.
All subsequent arguments are ignored.
<br><dt><code>--verbose</code><dd>Set verbose output.
<br><dt><code>--version</code><dd>Print current buildbot version and exit. All subsequent arguments are
ignored.
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<p>One can also get help on any command by specifying <var>–help</var> as a
command option:
<pre class="example"> buildbot <var>command</var> --help
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<p>You can also use manual pages for <samp><span class="command">buildbot</span></samp> and
<samp><span class="command">buildslave</span></samp> for quick reference on command-line options.
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