basexclient(1)

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💖 basexclient — the XML database system & XPath/XQuery processor, but make it client mode ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the basexclient manual page 🎀 this is from The XML Database canon, and we're doing the client side of things today. sit with me, hydrate, and let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

basexclient — XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (client mode)

like, she's the XML database system and an XPath/XQuery processor, and this specific page is about running her in client mode. iykyk 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

basexclient [-bcCdiInoOpPqQrRsUvVwWxz] [input]

that flag stack is giving alphabet soup and honestly? ate. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

want the short-and-sweet of what each option does? you've got two ways to get it:

  • run this in your terminal:
$ basexclient -h
bestie note: -h is your ride-or-die for a quick option rundown, no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: basexclient starts up a basex(1) XML database client, and the whole point is to connect to a running instance of basexserver(1). two besties, holding hands, over a socket 💖

per default — like, out of the box, no config, nothing — basexclient tries to connect to a basexserver(1) running on localhost port 1984. that's the default homies. 🏠

but ✋ connecting to a basexserver(1) is not a no-strings situation: you need to know a username and its corresponding credentials. the server isn't just letting anybody in, and honestly? good for her, boundaries. 🎀

for user management, go refer to basexserver(1) or the BaseX Documentation Wiki at https://docs.basex.org/main/User_Management 💜

🌟 STARTUP 🌟

for startup options — and yes that means host, port, and user credentials — go refer to:

https://docs.basex.org/main/Startup

that's the page. that's where the how-do-i-point-this-at-my-server answers live. 🧚

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

you are so not alone in this ecosystem, bestie. meet the family:

and the files/dirs you'll bump into:

  • .basexhome — can be created by a user to mark a folder as home directory.
  • .basex — BaseX (standalone and server) properties
  • .basexgui — BaseX additional GUI properties
  • .basexhistory — contains commands that have been typed in most recently.
  • ${basexhome}/data — Default database directory
  • ${basexhome}/data/.logs — Server logs
  • ${basexhome}/repo — Package repository

and the big one:

BaseX Documentation Wiki: https://docs.basex.org

📜 HISTORY 📜

BaseX started as a research project of the Database and Information Systems Group (DBIS) at the University of Konstanz in 2005, and soon turned into a feature-rich open source XML database and XPath/XQuery processor. like… glow-up of the century, fr fr. 🌈✨ 2005 said "let's do research" and now she's this. iconic behaviour, no notes. 👑

🍓 LICENSE 🍓

New (3-clause) BSD License

💜 AUTHOR 💜

BaseX is primarily developed by Christian Grün <cg@basex.org> with the help of various contributors at https://basex.org/about/open-source/ 🫶

The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek <alex@holupirek.de> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux. (packaging era icon behaviour, we love to see it 🎀)

okay that's the whole page, you made it to the end, main character energy fr 💅 and just so you have the receipts: this was The XML Database source, dated 24 July 2026 — basexclient(1), sign-off complete. mwah, go connect to that server bestie 💖🦋🌷

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