Any of the commands described in the reference can be given directly on the command line or fed using standard input or script file:

• Interactively, at the prompt
• On the command line ( dbvrep command )
• In file read by @/read command ( dbvrep @file or @file at prompt)
• In file fed to standard inout (cat file | dbvrep )

Command-line only options

In addition, command line accepts these options:

• --ddcfile – read DDC file
• --V – see VERSION command
• --pause – will pause before exiting the script (useful to prevent window from closing)
• --daemon – become a background process
• --no-checkdb – do not connect to mine and apply databases on start and skip checks of repository version etc.
• --netkey – network authorization password (alternative way to set NETWORK_TRAFFIC_KEY variable, please see Network Encryption)
• --no-ddcdb – disable the LOAD DDCDB command
• --silent – suppress the header information from displaying