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====== How to use the cli to perform administrative tasks ======


===== About =====
The ''cli'' is a command line client that permits to perform the following administrative tasks:
  * [[docs:analytics:replication|replicate the file content to the database]]
  * [[docs:metadata:frontmatter|replicate the metadata to the frontmatter]]
  * delete non-existing page from the database (''sync'')
  * check if there is any [[support:plugin|plugin]] with a new version

===== How to execute it =====

  * On the server, change your current directory to the installation directory of Dokuwiki
<code bash>
cd $DOKUWIKI_HOME
</code>
  * [Optional] In a farm environment, set the directory name of your animal
<code dos>
REM Windows
set animal=animal-directory-name
</code>
<code bash>
# linux
export animal=animal-directory-name
</code>

  * Execute the cli
<code bash>
php ./bin/plugin.php combo
</code>