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The '''python options''' that you may come across are:
* <code>-E </code> Ignore all PYTHON* environment variables, e.g. <code>PYTHONPATH </code> and <code>PYTHONHOME</code>, that might be set.* <code>-O </code> Turn on basic optimizations. This changes the filename extension for compiled (bytecode) files from <code>.pyc </code> to <code>.pyo</code>. See also PYTHONOPTIMIZE.
The <code>-O </code> optimise flag has a number of effects in Gramps:
* If it is not turned on, an additional '''Debug''' entry appears in the '''Tools''' menu.
* If it is not turned on, [[Logging_system#So_how_logging_works_in_Gramps_after_all.3F|info logging messages are output]].
python gramps.py JohnDoe.ged
The first opens a family tree, the second imports a gedcom GEDCOM into an empty family tree.
Additionally, you can pass Gramps the name of the family tree to be opened:
* use this option : <precode>-O famtree</precode> or <precode>--open=famtree </precode>
<code>-O</code>, Open of a family tree. This can be done also by just typing the name (name or database dir)
Examples:
{{Man tip| Tip |If no option is given, just a name, Gramps will ignore the rest of the command line arguments. Use the <code>-O </code> flag to open, <code>-i </code> to import, and do something with the data.}}
{{Man tip| Tip |Only family trees can be opened directly. For other formats, you will need to use the import option which will set up the empty database and then import data into it.}}
=== Import options ===
The files destined for import can be specified with the <precode>-i filename</precode> or <precode>--import=filename</precode> option. The format can be specified with the <precode>-f format</precode> or <precode>--format=format</precode> option, immediately following the ''filename'' . If not specified, the guess will be attempted based on the ''filename''.
Example:
{{man tip | Tip |More than one file can be imported in one command. If this is the case, Gramps will incorporate the data from the next file into the database available at the moment.}}
When more than one input file is given, each has to be preceded by <precode>-i</precode> flag. The files are imported in the specified order, i.e. <precode> -i file1 -i file2 </precode> and <precode> -i file2 -i file1 </precode> might produce different GRAMPS Gramps IDs in the resulting database.
=== Export options ===
The files destined for export can be specified with the <precode>-e filename</precode> or <precode>--export=filename</precode> option. The format can be specified with the <precode>-f</precode> option immediately following the ''filename'' . If not specified, the guess will be attempted based on the ''filename'' . For iso format, the ''filename'' is actually the name of directory the Gramps database will be written into. For gramps-xml, gpkg, gedcom, wft, geneweb, and gramps-pkg, the ''filename'' is the name of the resulting file.
-e, export a family tree in required format. It is not possible to export to a family tree.
{{man tip| Exporting more files |More than one file can be exported in one command. If this is the case, Gramps will attempt to write several files using the data from the database available at the moment.}}
When more than one output file is given, each has to be preceded by <precode>-e</precode> flag. The files are written one by one, in the specified order.
=== Action options ===
The action to perform on the imported data can be specified with the <precode>-a action</precode> or <precode>--action=action</precode> option. This is done after all imports are successfully completed.
The following actions remain the same:
*''tool'': This action allows to run a tool from the command line.
Reports and tools generally have many options of their own, so these actions should be followed by the report/tool option string. The string is given using the <precode>-p option_string</precode> or <precode>--options=option_string</precode> option.
The actions available in older versions of Gramps which were relocated in Gramps 3.3 are:
gramps -O "Family Tree 1" -a report -p "name=family_group,style=default,off=html,of=test.html,css="
{{man tip| Report option string |The report option string should satisfy the following conditions: <br />It must not contain any spaces (due to the general nature of the command line interface). If some arguments need to include spaces, the string should be enclosed with quotation marks.<br />Option string must list pairs of option names and values.Within a pair, option name and value must be separated by the equal sign.<br />Different pairs must be separated by commas.}}
Most of the report options are specific for every report. However, there are some common options.
*<code>name=report_name</code>: This mandatory option determines which report will be generated.
{{man note|Report names|If the supplied report_name does not correspond to any available report, an error message will be printed followed by this list of available reports.<br />
<pre>
WebCal - Web Calendar
</pre>}}
*<code>of </code>: output filename*<code>off</code>: output format. These are the extension an output format makes available, eg, pdf, html, doc, ...*<code>style</code>: for text reports, the stylesheet to use. Defaults to 'default'.*<code>show=all</code>: This will produce the list of names for all options available for a given report.*<code>show=option_name</code>: This will print the description of the functionality supplied by the option_name, as well as what are the acceptable types and values for this option.
So, to learn to use a report, do for example:
{{man tip| Tip |If an option is not supplied, the last used value will be used. If this report has never been generated before, then the value from last generated report will be used when applicable. Otherwise, the default value will be used.}}
When more than one output action is given, each has to be preceded by <precode>-a</precode> flag. The actions are performed one by one, in the specified order.
{{man tip| lists |Some reports have options or arguments which are interpreted (by the report) to be on multiple lines. For instance some reports allow you to format how the information will be shown, perhaps with a name on one line and the person's birth date on the next line. Such multiple-line options or arguments are called "lists" by Gramps.}}
On the command line such lists must always start with a left square bracket<precode>[</precode>and must always end with a right square bracket<precode>]</precode>but since such square brackets are usually "special" to the "shell" (they mean something to the command interpreter
you are typing the command to), you must "escape" them so that they are ignored by your shell.
The details vary with each shell but (in linux/UNIX) usually you can precede such a square bracket with a backslash<precode>\</precode>or put quotation marks around the square bracket, usually either "single" or "double" ones.
The Hourglass Graph report allows you to put a "note" at the top of the report and such a "note" is an example of a "list" option. Here is an example:
=== Force unlock option ===
*<code>-u, </code>: you can extend the <code>-O </code> flag with <code>-u </code> to force a locked family to be unlocked. This allows you to recover from a crash that leaves the family tree (database) locked, from the command line.
An example (to unlock the "Family Tree 1" database):
:<code>gramps -O "Family Tree 1" -a report -u > /dev/null</code>
{{man note|Note that it |It is not possible to open family trees that need repair from the command line.}}
=== Configuration (config) option ===
The option takes three forms:(the following examples, except 3.2, use behavior.database-path as the When all configuration variable to change(s) are set Gramps will start with these new values.)
These options can takes three forms:{{man note|Note|Except for examples <tt>1) See all config values</tt> and <tt>3.2</tt>, All the following examples, use <code>behavior.database-path</code> as the configuration variable to change.}}
1) See all config values: <code>-s </code> or <code>--show</code><br>For example:<pre>$python gramps.py -showGramps config settings from /home/username/.gramps/gramps41/gramps.ini:behavior.max-age-prob-alive=110behavior.betawarn=falsebehavior.check-for-updates=0behavior.check-for-update-types=['new']behavior.avg-generation-gap=20behavior.database-path='/home/grampsdev/.gramps/grampsdb'behavior.startup=0behavior.database-backend='bsddb'</pre>
[[Image:CommandLineExampleOutput-s-40.png|400px|thumb|right|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Command Line Example Output for ''python gramps.py -s'']]
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2) See a value:<code>--config=behavior.database-path</code> or <code>-c behavior.database-path</code><br>For example:<pre>$python gramps.py --config=behavior.database-pathCurrent Gramps config setting: behavior.database-path:'/home/username/.gramps/grampsdb'</pre>
3) Set a value: <code>--config=behavior.database-path :'/media/mydb'</code> or <code>-c behavior.database-path:'/media/mydb'</code><br>For example:
3.1) Set a valueto its default: <code>--config=behavior.database-path:DEFAULT</code> or <code>-c behavior.database-path:DEFAULT</code><br>For example:
--config=behavior.database-path:'/media/mydb' or -c behavior.database-path:'/media/mydb' 3.1) Set a value to its default:  --config=behavior.database-path:DEFAULT or -c behavior.database-path:DEFAULT 3.2) Set more than one value:  <code>--config=behavior.use-tips:False --config=behavior.autoload:True </code> or <code>-c behavior.use-tips:False -c behavior.autoload:True</code> When all configuration variable(s) are set Gramps will start with these new values.<br>For example:
== Operation ==
*To import four databases (whose formats can be determined from their names) and then check the resulting database for errors, one may type:
:<precode>gramps -i file1.ged -i file2.gpkg -i ~/db3.gramps -i file4.wft -a check</precode>
*To explicitly specify the formats in the above example, append filenames with appropriate -f options:
:<precode>gramps -i file1.ged -f gedcom -i file2.gpkg -f gramps-pkg -i ~/db3.gramps -f gramps-xml -i file4.wft -f wft -a check</precode>
*To record the database resulting from all imports, supply -e flag (use -f if the filename does not allow Gramps to guess the format):
:<precode>gramps -i file1.ged -i file2.gpkg -e ~/new-package -f gramps-pkg</precode>
*To save any error messages of the above example into files outfile and errfile, run:
:<precode>gramps -i file1.ged -i file2.dpkg -e ~/new-package -f gramps-pkg >outfile 2>errfile </precode>
*To import three databases and start interactive Gramps session with the result:
:<precode>gramps -i file1.ged -i file2.gpkg -i ~/db3.gramps </precode>
*To open a database and, based on that data, generate timeline report in PDF format putting the output into the my_timeline.pdf file:
:<precode>gramps -O 'Family Tree 1' -a report -p name=timeline,off=pdf,of=my_timeline.pdf </precode>
{{man tip|1=Listing report options |2=Use the <ttcode>''name=timeline,show=all''</ttcode> to find out about all available options for the timeline report. To find out details of a particular option, use <ttcode>''show=option_name''</ttcode> , e.g. <ttcode>''name=timeline,show=off''</ttcode> string. To learn about available report names, use <ttcode>''name=show''</ttcode> string.}}
*To convert the bsddb database on the fly to a .gramps xml file:
:<precode>gramps -O 'Family Tree 1' -e output.gramps -f gramps-xml</precode>
* To generate a web site into an other locale (in german):
:<precode>LANGUAGE=de_DE; LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 gramps -O 'Family Tree 1' -a report -p name=navwebpage,target=/../de </precode>
*Finally, to start normal interactive session type:
:<precode>gramps</precode>
== Environment variables==
{{man warn|Warning|Gramps can take advantage of these the following environment variables <br />('''but do not Only change them if you do not know what are you doing.'''):}}
===GRAMPSHOME===
* '''LANG''' - is used by Gramps to determine which language file should be loaded.
{{man note|MacOSX|Because of the way launching with Finder works, the environment variables for the Gramps.app bundle are hard-coded in <code>Gramps.app/Contents/MacOS/Gramps</code>. If for some reason you need to change them, edit that file with TextEdit; be sure to save it back as plain text. See as well [[Run_GRAMPS_in_another_locale#Change_Mac_OS_X_application_defaults|setting locale]] for an alternative to using the '''LANG''' and '''LANGUAGE''' environment variables.}}
===GRAMPSI18N===
* [[Translating_Gramps#.24GRAMPSI18N_.28for_your_locale.29| $GRAMPSI18N (for your locale) ]] - The LANG assumes the Gramps translations are installed globally. If this is not the case, you need to give Gramps the directory where the translations will be found. A translation is called <code>gramps.mo</code>, you can find it in linux with the locate command. For example, if you have Swedish in directory <code>/home/me/gramps/mo/sv/gramps.mo</code>, you can direct Gramps there using:
GRAMPSI18N=/home/me/gramps/mo LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG="sv" python3 gramps

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