Command Line

BS uses Boost's program_options library to bind command line parameters to strongly-typed internal settings.

$ bs --help

Usage: bs [-hisv] [CONFIG]                                               

Info: Runs a full bitcoin node in the global peer-to-peer network.       

Options (named):

-h [--help]          Get list of options for this command.               
-i [--initchain]     Initialize database in the configured directory.    
-s [--settings]      Display the loaded configuration settings.          
-v [--version]       Get version information.                            

Arguments (positional):

CONFIG               The path to the configuration settings file.    

See also Configuration Settings.