dita command arguments and options
The dita command takes mandatory arguments to process DITA, manage plug-in, or print information about the command. Options can be used modify the command behaviour or provide additional configuration.
Usage
Arguments
- -f, -format name
- Specifies the output format.
- -i, -input file
- Specifies the master file for your documentation project. Typically this is a DITA map, however it also can be a DITA topic if you want to transform a single DITA file. The path can be absolute, relative to args.input.dir, or relative to current directory if args.input.dir is not defined.
- -install file
- -install url
- Install plug-in from a local ZIP file or from a URL.
- -uninstall id
- Uninstall plug-in with the ID.
- -h, -help
- Print command usage help.
- -version
- Print version information and exit.
Options
- -o, -output dir
- Specifies the path of output directory; the path can be absolute or relative to current directory. By default, the output is written to out subdirectory of the current directory.
- -filter file
- Specifies a filter file to be used to include, exclude, or flag content.
- -temp dir
- Specifies the location of the temporary directory.
- -v, -verbose
- Verbose logging.
- -d, -debug
- Debug logging.
- -l, -logfile file
- Output logging messages into a file.
- -Dproperty=value
- Specify a value for a parameter. Supported parameters are the same as Ant parameters and are transformation type specific.
- -propertyfile file
- Load all properties from a file. Properties specified with -D option take precedence.