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<h1>Options<a class="headerlink" href="#options" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>You have the option of starting your Nextcloud desktop client with the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nextcloud</span></code> command. The following options are supported:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nextcloud</span> <span class="pre">-h</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nextcloud</span> <span class="pre">--help</span></code></dt><dd><p>Displays all command options.</p>
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<p>The other options are:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logwindow</span></code></dt><dd><p>Opens a window displaying log output.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logfile</span></code> <cite><filename></cite></dt><dd><p>Write log output to the file specified. To write to stdout, specify <cite>-</cite>
as the filename.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logdir</span></code> <cite><name></cite></dt><dd><p>Writes each synchronization log output in a new file in the specified
directory.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logexpire</span></code> <cite><hours></cite></dt><dd><p>Removes logs older than the value specified (in hours). This command is
used with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logdir</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logflush</span></code></dt><dd><p>Clears (flushes) the log file after each write action.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--logdebug</span></code></dt><dd><p>Also output debug-level messages in the log (equivalent to setting the env var QT_LOGGING_RULES=”qt.*=true;*.debug=true”).</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--confdir</span></code> <cite><dirname></cite></dt><dd><p>Uses the specified configuration directory.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--background</span></code></dt><dd><p>Launch the application in the background (i.e. without opening the main dialog).</p>
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