opencpn:opencpn_user_manual:advanced_features:command_line
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# Command Line

#### OpenCPN has a minimal command line interface (CLI)

- Windows Usage : opencpn.exe [/unit_test_1] [/p] [/no_opengl] [/fullscreen] [/rebuild_gl_raster_cache]

- Linux Usage: opencpn [-unit_test_1] [-p] [-no_opengl] [-fullscreen] [-rebuild_gl_raster_cache]

#### The options:

[/unit_test_1] This command test cycles through all possible charts in the currently loaded chart database, adjusting the viewport to show the loaded chart automatically. The value of this test is clear: it provide an unattended stress test of OpenCPN, It is most fun to watch in quilt mode….. The test runs until all charts in the database have been visited once. A side-effect of this switch is that it can be used to process a set of ENC charts into SENC files. The first, time consuming processing of ENC charts, can this way be done unattended.

[/p ] The portable option is explained here → Portable OpenCPN

[/no_opengl] A total switch-off of OpenGL, in a more thorough way than in “Options”. Read more in OpenGL .

[/fullscreen ] Starts OpenCPN in FullScreen mode.

[/rebuild_gl_raster_cache] Read more in Options Setting

#### For Windows

When using a .bat file to launch OpenCPN, you may type this MSDOS line :

    START /REALTIME C:"\Program Files"\OpenCPN/opencpn

Where:

START : MSDOS Command
/REALTIME : gives the highest priority to the program
C:"\program Files"\OpenCPN/opencpn : pathway where OpenCPN's Executable is downloaded
(specific to each windows version)