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### 4.1 Basic options

#### 4.1.1 about

— Command-line option: `--about=<value>`

> Type: string.

> Will allow you to get informations about a given keyword. Let's say that, for instance, you want informations about the keyword 'map-path'. Simply run 'liquidwar6 –about=map-path'. Note that this internal self-documentation system can describe command line switches as well as XML config file parameters or environment variables, and even some Guile script functions. The '–list' command line switch will give you the list of all available keywords.

#### 4.1.2 copyright

— Command-line option: `--copyright`

> Returns the copyright notice for the program.

#### 4.1.3 debug

— Command-line option: `--debug`

> Enables debug mode. This will turn on maximum log information, and display everything on stderr, even messages which are normally only stored in the log file.

#### 4.1.4 defaults

— Command-line option: `--defaults`

> Clears the config file and run the game with default settings. The difference with '–reset' is that '–defaults' runs the game, while '–reset' does not.

#### 4.1.5 help

— Command-line option: `--help`

> Returns a short help for the program.

#### 4.1.6 list

— Command-line option: `--list`

> Returns the list of all keywords which can be queried for information. This includes command-line options, environment variables, and so on. This is the companion option of '–about'. Results obtained with '–list' can be passed to '–about'.

#### 4.1.7 pedigree

— Command-line option: `--pedigree`

> Display all build values, these are general constants which can help debugging, tracing what binary you are running, and so on. It's a good idea to take a look at the output of 'pedigree' if you have problems running the game.

#### 4.1.8 reset

— Command-line option: `--reset`

> Clears the config file so that the game will run with defaults next time. The idea is to get rid of traces of previous executions.

#### 4.1.9 test

— Command-line option: `--test`

> Runs a (hopefully) complete test suite which will call most internal Liquid War 6 functions and check out wether they work, in a simple context, without any game interference. Usefull for troubleshooting.

#### 4.1.10 version

— Command-line option: `--version`

> Returns the version of the program, as defined by the GNU Coding Standards.