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basexclient(1) The XML Database basexclient(1)

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

basexclient [-bcdiInopPqrRsUvVwxz] [input]

A short description of option can be obtained from


$ basexclient -h
or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Command-Line_Options#Client

basexclient starts a basex(1) XML database client in order to connect to a running instance of basexserver(1).

Per default basexclient tries to connect to a basexserver(1) running on localhost port 1984.

Connecting to a basexserver(1) requires the knowledge of a username and its corresponding credentials. For user management refer to basexserver(1) or the BaseX Documentation Wiki (https://docs.basex.org/wiki/User_Management)

A short description of option can be obtained from


$ basexclient -h
or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Startup_Options#BaseX_Client

basexserver(1), basex(1), basexgui(1)


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

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.

New (3-clause) BSD License

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

The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek <alex@holupirek.de> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux.

19 April 2022