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NAME

       quickie - a small fast C++ Wiki engine


SYNOPSIS

       quickie


DESCRIPTION

       The quickie program is used to serve wiki pages when invoked from a
       HTTP web server, such as Apache.

       The quickie program does not accept any command line options, as these
       could be abused by web clients.

   Web Server cgi-bin Directory
       It is necessary to copy the quickie executable into your web server's
       cgi-bin directory.  This isn't done automagically by make install
       because it tends to move around a great deal from one web server to
       another.

       You could also use a symbolic link, provided your web server is
       configured to allow symbolic links in the cgi-bin directory (the is the
       Apache default).

   Quickie /var Directory
       The wiki pages are stored in the $(prefix)/var/quickie directory,
       unless you overrode this by using the ./configure --localstatedir
       command line option.

       This directory must be readable and writable by the UID Apache (or any
       other web server) runs as.  For example, RedHat tends to use UID
       "apache" and Debian tends to use UID "www-data".

       You need to change the file owner to match the web server.  On RedHat
       the following command
              chmod -R apache.apache ${prefix}/var/quickie
       will perform this task.  Make sure you set the UID, GID and directory
       name appropriate for your situation.

       For the Apache web server, the User and Group directives in the
       apache.conf file are the ones to look for.

   Automated Post-Install
       You can use the quickie_post_install(1) program to see if the above web
       server configuration data can be automatically determined; the
       information will be printed on the standard output.

       If you are satisfied with the results (they are not always correct for
       every site) you can ask for them to be performed for you by using the
       quickie_post_install -auto command line option.


ACCESSING THE WIKI PAGES

       Once the quickie(1) program has been installed into your web server's
       cgi-bin directory, you will be able to access through your web browser.
       The URL of the wiki pages will be
              http://server.domain.name/cgi-bin/quickie
       however you need to substitute the correct domain name (Internet name)
       for the web server.  If the cgi-bin directory has an unusual name, you
       will have to take that into account as well.

       It is common to make a link from your web site's static pages into the
       Quickie wiki pages, to simplify access for your site's visitors.


EXIT STATUS

       The quickie command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The
       quickie command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no
       errors.


COPYRIGHT

       quickie version 1.1
       Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Peter Miller;
       All rights reserved.

       The quickie program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use
       the 'quickie -VERSion License' command.  This is free software and you
       are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details
       use the 'quickie -VERSion License' command.


AUTHOR


       Peter Miller   E-Mail:   millerp@canb.auug.org.au
       /\/\*             WWW:   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/

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