Together with Sekerob I am looking for a list of possible args to use with the /b, --boincargs startup option on BOINC Manager.

According to David Anderson this option may no longer be used, that is was included in 5.8.4 for debugging purposes only.

So if you know what possible arguments to use and if it still works in BOINC 5.10 and higher, please let us know.

With thanks.

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Here are the list of options for the CC which is what the /b option in BOINC Manager are all about:

    printf(
        "The command-line options for %s are intended for debugging.\n"
        "The recommended command-line interface is a separate program,'boinccmd'.\n"
        "Run boinccmd in the same directory as %s.\n"
        "\n"
        "Usage: %s [options]\n"
        "    --help                          show options\n"
        "    --version                       show version info\n"
        "    --exit_when_idle                exit when there are no results\n"
        "    --show_projects                 show attached projects\n"
        "    --detach_project <URL>          detach from a project\n"
        "    --reset_project <URL>           reset (clear) a project\n"
        "    --attach_project <URL> <key>    attach to a project\n"
        "    --update_prefs <URL>            contact a project to update preferences\n"
        "    --run_cpu_benchmarks            run the CPU benchmarks\n"
        "    --check_all_logins              for idle detection, check remote logins too\n"
        "    --allow_remote_gui_rpc          allow remote GUI RPC connections\n"
        "    --gui_rpc_port <port>           port for GUI RPCs\n"
        "    --redirectio                    redirect stdout and stderr to log files\n"
        "    --detach                        detach from console (Windows)\n"
        "    --dir <path>                    use given dir as BOINC home\n"
        "    --no_gui_rpc                    don't allow GUI RPC, don't make socket\n"
        "    --daemon                        run as daemon (Unix)\n"
        "    --exit_before_start             exit right before starting a job\n"
        "    --exit_after_finish             exit right after finishing a job\n"
        "    --launched_by_manager           core client was launched by Manager\n"
        "    --run_by_updater                set by updater\n"
        "    --start_delay X                 delay starting apps for X secs\n"
        ,
        prog, prog, prog
    );

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