.TH MASON "1" "April 2010" "http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Mason/" "User Commands"
.SH NAME Mason - High-performance, dynamic web site authoring system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mason.pl 
[\-\-param1 value1 ...] [\-\-config_file file] component [arg1 arg2 ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
mason.pl is a commandline wrapper for HTML::Mason.
.br
.PP
Mason is a tool for building, serving and managing large web sites. Its
features make it an ideal backend for high load sites serving dynamic content,
such as online newspapers or database driven e-commerce sites.
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
Use \fB\-\-config_file\fR to specify any additional parameters.
.PP
\fB\-\-comp_root\fR defaults to current directory if component has a
relative path, or to dirname(component) otherwise.
.PP
See `perldoc HTML::Mason::Params` for a list of valid parameters.
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Mason was created by Jonathan Swartz over several years at CMP Media.
.PP
The main development team shifts over time, as with most open source
projects. However, at the time of writing, most development is done by
Dave Rolsky and Jonathan Swartz.