Command Line

To use LuaWebGen, navigate to your site's root folder and run this from the command line:

webgen command [options]

or, in the universal version:

lua path/to/webgen.lua command [options]

• Commands
• Build Options

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Commands

build

webgen build [options]

Build the website (i.e. process files in the content folder and write the results to the output folder). Also look at the available build options.

new site

webgen new site <folderName>

Initialize a folder to contain a new site. Example:

webgen new site "internet-dogs"
cd "internet-dogs"
webgen new page "blog/first-post.md"
webgen build

new page

webgen new page <pagePath>

Create a new page with some basic information. Example:

webgen new page "blog/first-post.md"

new feed

webgen new feed [<feedPath>]

Create a new RSS feed. A feed lists all (sub)pages from newest to oldest by default. The default path, if none is given, is feed.xml.

new sitemap

webgen new sitemap

Create a sitemap file (sitemap.xml).

Build Options

--autobuild

--autobuild or -a

Auto-build website when changes are detected. This makes LuaWebGen run until you press Ctrl+C in the command prompt.

--date

--date <datetime>

Specify what date to build the website for (the default being "now"). The date affects what pages are included in the build depending on their publishDate value.

--drafts

--drafts or -d

Include page drafts when building.

--force

--force or -f

Force-update all. This makes LuaWebGen treat all previously outputted files as if they were modified. This has the same effect as deleting the output folder.

--verbose

--verbose or -v

Enable verbose printing to the console. (Verbose messages are still logged whether this option is present or not.)