Configuration commands - PLLUG/CPPQT-2019-1-FileServer GitHub Wiki

This table describes the configuration options you can use from the command line or configuration file.

Command in configuration file	Command from command line	Description
this command cannot be set in a file	--config< configfile >	Read options from config file
this command cannot be set in a file	--help	Produce help message
about	--about	output README information
port,< port >	--port< port >	The TCP/IP port that the server instance should use to connect to clients The default value is 8080
dir,< path >	--dir< path >	Root folder that will be available on server This parameter cannot be ommited and has no default value
dpermission, < enable,disable >	--dpermission < enable,disable >	Enable\disable ability to download files The default value is "enable"
fsize, < bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, automatically >	--fsize < bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, automatically >	Specify the file size displaying mode The default value is "bytes"
vicon, < true, false>	--vicon< true, false>	Visibility of displaying icon column The default value is "false"
vsize, < true, false>	--vsize< true, false>	Visibility of file size column The default value is "false"
vinfo, < true, false>	--vinfo< true, false>	Visibility of detailed information column The default value is "false"

###More about --dir

Since dir parameter cannot be omitted, you can set it as the first parameter without calling "--dir", e.g.

>file-server C:\

instead of

>file-server --dir C:\

#Config file

Config file must be located in the same folder with the built solution

How to run config file:

>file-server --config config.cfg

Example of config file:

dir=C:
vinfo=true
vsize=true
fsize=kilobytes