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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/"
+ nickname="smcv"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2011-10-05T11:10:26Z"
+ content="""
+The `--cgi` option is for internal use (the compiled CGI wrapper
+basically cleans the environment, and runs `ikiwiki --cgi ...`
+to do the real work). It isn't useful from a command line unless
+you're doing something extremely strange.
+"""]]