[Qgis-community-team] running QGIS from command line

[Tara Athan]

I am attempting to verify the instructions in the user guide on how to 
run QGIS from command line.

I have only a Windows platform. I was able to run qgis from the command 
line, but the options did not do anything that I could tell.
Am I correct in assuming that the command line options only apply to 
*nix platforms?

If so, could someone with such a platform please verify that the section 
on command line options are up-to-date?

Thanks, Tara