A static site generator written in ANSI C.
Created by Alexander Nicholi.
Copyright © 2022 Aquefir. All rights reserved
Released under Artisan Software Licence v1.1
Usage:
simbel <-h|--help|-?>
simbel [flags] <config.ini> [input dir] [output dir]
The first usage shows this help output, and exits.
The second usage runs the program to generate a static website. If the input dir or the output dir are not given, they both default to $PWD. These are the flags available for this usage:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-f, --force-strict |
Force all endpoints to be strict, regardless of the given setting in the config file. |
-i <name>, --index <name> |
Set the name of the output file for the root endpoint. defaults to index.html. |
-l, --force-lax |
Force all endpoints to be lax, regardless of the given setting in the config file. |
-s, --symlink |
Use symbolic links for lax endpoints (the default). |
-c, --copy |
Make physical copies of pages for lax endpoints. This is the inverse of --symlink. |
-q, --quiet |
Silence all streaming to std{out,err}. |
In endpoint configurations, "strict" means that URLs without a trailing slash will not be duplicated or symlinked into an additional "endpoint" that is the same but with a trailing slash, for example GET /foo/ will not return the same data as GET /foo when the endpoint is strict. Likewise, "lax" means the inverse of strict: with a lax endpoint, GET /foo/ will return the same data as GET /foo. Simbel will attempt to detect erroneous configurations bearing endpoint conflicts, e.g. if a lax endpoint has implicated another explicit endpoint that matches its variant.
Simbel will never output any diagnostic or logging information to stdout. All such data is streamed to stderr, and this too can be prevented with the --quiet flag.