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Bug 770548 - Information for command line switches
Information for command line switches
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Documentation
git master
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Maintainers of Gnome user documentation
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-08-29 12:39 UTC by Alexandre Franke
Modified: 2018-08-03 20:51 UTC
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Description Alexandre Franke 2016-08-29 12:39:12 UTC 
I discovered with `epiphany --help` that there are several hidden modes, but I can't tell the difference between them. These are the private, incognito, and netbanking modes.
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2016-08-29 12:56:47 UTC 
Answers:

-p is --profile mode, it means you can store user data in a separate profile directory, so you can have different "user accounts" in your browser. Put the directory under /tmp and you have the "guest windows" that Allan wants.

Incognito mode avoids saving evidence of your browsing on disk (history, cache, cookies, etc.). netbank mode is a synonym that probably causes more confusion than it's worth.
Comment 2 Alexandre Franke 2016-08-29 13:27:05 UTC 
-p claims to be --private-instance and is listed as a different entry than --profile
Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2016-08-29 16:17:23 UTC 
(In reply to Alexandre Franke from comment #2)
> -p claims to be --private-instance and is listed as a different entry than
> --profile

Heh, I didn't know about this mode. It is a shorthand for --profile-mode with the  profile directory under /tmp
Comment 4 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-08-03 20:51:48 UTC 
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