5.3 Command-Line Options

Following are several useful command-line options for the Mathematica kernel. See Section 3.2, Installing Mathematica as a MathLM Client on Windows, for instructions on running the kernel.

Command-Line Options

-lmverbose

Prints diagnostic information to stderr on connecting to the license manager. This is useful for debugging problems related to the license server.

-mathlink

Specifies that the kernel should be run in MathLink mode. See www.wolfram.com/solutions/mathlink for additional information about MathLink.

-noprompt

Specifies that no banner or In/Out prompts should be printed. This mode is useful for running a sequence of commands from a batch file.

-password str

Specifies a password to use instead of the password or passwords stored in the mathpass file. The password should have the form "!servername" or "machinename mathid licensenumber password".

-pwfile file

Specifies the name of a file that has a valid password.

-run

Takes a command to be run on startup as an argument.

The option -mathlink can also be used as a command-line option for the Mathematica front end.