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<h2 id="_man_pages_spawn_fcgi">Man pages: spawn-fcgi</h2>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>This is a tool used to spawn FastCGI processes so that any FastCGI
application can be interfaced with Cherokee. This is, for example, how PHP is
supported in Cherokee, though in PHP’s case you do not need any
knowledge of spawn-fcgi since it is configured by default.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>It supports many parameters, but there is not much to be added to the
information about arguments supplied by the program.</p></div>
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<strong>NAME</strong>
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spawn-fcgi - Spawns FastCGI processes
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<strong>SYNOPSIS</strong>
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<dd>
<p>
spawn-fcgi -f <fcgiapp> -a <addr> -p port spawn-fcgi -s <path>
</p>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
<strong>DESCRIPTION</strong>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
spawn-fcgi spawns FASTCGI processes. This way any FASTCGI compliant
application can be interfaced with Cherokee.
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<strong>OPTIONS</strong>
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<dd>
<p>
spawn-fcgi accepts the following options:
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-h
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
General usage instructions
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-f <fcgiapp>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Filename of the FastCGI application to spawn
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-a <addr>
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<dd>
<p>
IP address to bind to (for TCP/IP-based IPC)
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-p <port>
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<dd>
<p>
TCP port to bind to (for TCP/IP-based IPC)
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-s <path>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Path to the Unix-domain socket to bind to (for Unix sockets-based IPC)
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-C <children>
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<dd>
<p>
(PHP only) Number of children to spawn. Defaults to 5.
</p>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
-F <children>
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<dd>
<p>
Number of children to fork. Defaults to 1.
</p>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
-P <path>
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<dd>
<p>
Name of the PID file for spawned processes
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</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-n
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<dd>
<p>
No forking should take place (for daemontools)
</p>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
-v
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Shows version information and exits
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-c <dir>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Chroot to specified directory (can only be invoked by root)
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-u
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
User ID to change to (can only be invoked by root)
</p>
</dd>
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-g
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<dd>
<p>
Group ID to change to (can only be invoked by root)
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