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Personal collection manager

Synopsis

gcstar [-u Update-Options] [-x Execute-Options] [FILENAME]

Description

GCstar is a Gtk2 program used to manage personal collections.

Options

Without any option, it will open FILENAME if specified or the previously opened file. There are also two groups of options.

Update-Options

-u,  --update

Tell GCstar to look for available updates

-a,  --all

Update all components

-c,  --collection

Update collection models

-w,  --website

Update plugins to download information

-i,  --import

Update plugins to import data

-e,  --export

Update plugins to export data

-l,  --lang

Update translations

-n,  --noproxy

Don't ask for a proxy

Execute-Options

-x, --execute

Enter non-interactive mode

-c, --collection MODEL

Specify the collection type

-w, --website PLUGIN

Specify the plugin to use to download information

-i, --import PLUGIN

Specify the plugin to use to import a collection

-e, --export PLUGIN

Specify the plugin to use to export the collection

-f, --fields FILENAME

File containing fields list to use for import/export

-o, --output FILENAME

Write output in FILENAME instead of standard output

--download TITLE

Search for the item with TITLE as name

--importprefs PREFERENCES

Preferences for the import plugin

--exportprefs PREFERENCES

Preferences for the export plugin

Preferences for import/export plugins are specified using this schema

Key1=>Value1,Key2=>Value2

Environment

HOME

Used to define following variables if needed

XDG_CONFIG_HOME

Where configuration files should be stored. If not defined: $HOME/.config

XDG_DATA_HOME

Where some data will be stored. If not defined: $HOME/.local/share

Bugs Reporting

To report bugs, please use this forum:

http://forums.gcstar.org/viewforum.php?id=4

Authors

Tian <tian@c-sait.net>

http://www.gcstar.org/

Info

17 August 2006 GCstar Linux User's Manual