# Command Line Options ``` pchain help NAME: pchain - the pchain command line interface Copyright 2018-2018 The pchain Authors USAGE: pchain [options] command [command options] [arguments...] VERSION: 0.8.0-test2.0 COMMANDS: version init_eth_genesis init_eth_genesis balance:{"1000000","100"} init init genesis.json gen_node_info gen_node_info number attach Start an interactive JavaScript environment (connect to node) account Manage accounts help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command ``` PCHAIN Options: ``` --datadir "/home/ubuntu/.pchain" Data directory for the databases and keystore --keystore Directory for the keystore (default = inside the datadir) --nousb Disables monitoring for and managing USB hardware wallets --networkid value Network identifier (integer, mainnet=1, testnet=2) (default: 1) --syncmode "full" Blockchain sync mode ("full") --gcmode value Blockchain garbage collection mode ("full", "archive") (default: "full") --ethstats value Reporting URL of a ethstats service (nodename:secret@host:port) --identity value Custom node name TRANSACTION POOL OPTIONS: --txpool.nolocals Disables price exemptions for locally submitted transactions --txpool.journal value Disk journal for local transaction to survive node restarts (default: "transactions.rlp") --txpool.rejournal value Time interval to regenerate the local transaction journal (default: 1h0m0s) --txpool.pricelimit value Minimum gas price limit to enforce for acceptance into the pool (default: 1) --txpool.pricebump value Price bump percentage to replace an already existing transaction (default: 10) --txpool.accountslots value Minimum number of executable transaction slots guaranteed per account (default: 16) --txpool.globalslots value Maximum number of executable transaction slots for all accounts (default: 4096) --txpool.accountqueue value Maximum number of non-executable transaction slots permitted per account (default: 64) --txpool.globalqueue value Maximum number of non-executable transaction slots for all accounts (default: 1024) --txpool.lifetime value Maximum amount of time non-executable transaction are queued (default: 3h0m0s) PERFORMANCE TUNING OPTIONS: --cache value Megabytes of memory allocated to internal caching (default: 1024) --cache.database value Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for database io (default: 75) --cache.gc value Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie pruning (default: 25) --trie-cache-gens value Number of trie node generations to keep in memory (default: 120) API AND CONSOLE OPTIONS: --rpc Enable the HTTP-RPC server --rpcaddr value HTTP-RPC server listening interface (default: "localhost") --rpcport value HTTP-RPC server listening port (default: 6969) --rpcapi value API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface --ipcdisable Disable the IPC-RPC server --ipcpath Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it) --rpccorsdomain value Comma separated list of domains from which to accept cross origin requests (browser enforced) NETWORKING OPTIONS: --bootnodes value Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap (set v4+v5 instead for light servers) --bootnodesv4 value Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v4 discovery bootstrap (light server, full nodes) --bootnodesv5 value Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v5 discovery bootstrap (light server, light nodes) --port value Network listening port (default: 30308) --maxpeers value Maximum number of network peers (network disabled if set to 0) (default: 25) --maxpendpeers value Maximum number of pending connection attempts (defaults used if set to 0) (default: 0) --nat value NAT port mapping mechanism (any|none|upnp|pmp|extip:) (default: "any") --nodiscover Disables the peer discovery mechanism (manual peer addition) --v5disc Enables the experimental RLPx V5 (Topic Discovery) mechanism --netrestrict value Restricts network communication to the given IP networks (CIDR masks) --nodekey value P2P node key file --nodekeyhex value P2P node key as hex (for testing) MINER OPTIONS: --mine Enable mining --minerthreads value Number of CPU threads to use for mining (default: 2) --etherbase value Public address for block mining rewards (default = first account created) (default: "0") --targetgaslimit value Target gas limit sets the artificial target gas floor for the blocks to mine (default: 4712388) --gasprice "1000000000" Minimal gas price to accept for mining a transactions --extradata value Block extra data set by the miner (default = client version) GAS PRICE ORACLE OPTIONS: --gpoblocks value Number of recent blocks to check for gas prices (default: 20) --gpopercentile value Suggested gas price is the given percentile of a set of recent transaction gas prices (default: 60) VIRTUAL MACHINE OPTIONS: --vmdebug Record information useful for VM and contract debugging LOGGING AND DEBUGGING OPTIONS: --metrics Enable metrics collection and reporting --fakepow Disables proof-of-work verification --nocompaction Disables db compaction after import --verbosity value Logging verbosity: 0=silent, 1=error, 2=warn, 3=info, 4=debug, 5=detail (default: 3) --vmodule value Per-module verbosity: comma-separated list of = (e.g. eth/*=5,p2p=4) --backtrace value Request a stack trace at a specific logging statement (e.g. "block.go:271") --debug Prepends log messages with call-site location (file and line number) --pprof Enable the pprof HTTP server --pprofaddr value pprof HTTP server listening interface (default: "127.0.0.1") --pprofport value pprof HTTP server listening port (default: 6060) --memprofilerate value Turn on memory profiling with the given rate (default: 524288) --blockprofilerate value Turn on block profiling with the given rate (default: 0) --cpuprofile value Write CPU profile to the given file --trace value Write execution trace to the given file MISC OPTIONS: --password value Password file to use for non-interactive password input --solc value Solidity compiler command to be used (default: "solc") --perftest Whether doing performance test, will remove some limitations and cause system more frigile --logDir "log" PChain Log Data directory --childChain value Specify one or more child chain should be start. 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