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Overview

The fanr command line tool provides a set of commands to manage a repository and install pods from a repo to your local environment. The basic fanr command are:

• query: query a repository to see what pods and versions match a specific query filter
• env: find pods in the local environment which match a specific query filter
• install: download and install one or more pods from the repository to the local environment
• uninstall: remove one more pods from the local environment
• publish: upload a pod to the repository

In addition there are commands to print help, print configuration, and ping the server. Run "fanr -?" for a full listing of commands. Run "fanr help <cmd>" to get full usage of a given command.

Basics

The fanr command line is invoked with a specific command. A given command always operates in the context of the local environment and a given repository. Some commands may have an argument or options.

You can use just the first few letters of the command as a shortcut if the prefix is unambiguous. For instance you can use "q" as an alias for "query" (since it is the only command which begins with "q"). But you need to specify "pi" or "pu" to distinguish between "ping" and "publish".

Options and Config

Many options can be specified on the command line or configured in the "etc/fanr/config.props" file. The following are commonly used options used across commands:

Option      Config        Description
------      ------        -----------
-r          repo          URI of repository to use for command
-u          username      Username to use for authentication
-p          password      Password to use for authentication
-n          numVersions   Number of pod versions to query
-y          n/a           Skip confirmation
-errTrace   n/a           Print full stack trace if command fails

In the table above, the Option column indicates how the option is specified on the command line. The Config column indicates how the default may be configured in "etc/fanr/config.props". If the username is specified, but password is omitted, then the command line will prompt you enter it when the command is executed.

Query Command

The query command performs a query on the repository and lists all the pods which match a string filter. If your query filter has spaces, then you will need to quote it on the command line.

Examples:

// query all pods available in default repo
fanr query *

// query all pods in an explicit repo
fanr query -r http://acme/fanr *

// query all pods in default repo, with username (prompt for password)
fanr query -u someone *

// query only latest version of all pods (numVersion is one)
fanr query -n 1 *

// query all pods with version of 1.0.58.*
fanr query "* 1.0.58"

// query all pods available for specific project name
fanr query "* proj.name~='sidewalk'"

Env Command

The env command works just like the query command, except it queries the local environment instead of the repository. It can be a quick and easy way to see what pods you have installed or filter by metadata.

Examples:

// query all pods installed
fanr env *

// query version of installed pod fooBar
fanr env fooBar

// query all pods installed at version 1.0.63
fanr env "* 1.0.63"

// query all pods installed for specific project name
fanr env "* proj.name~='sidewalk'"

Install Command

The install command takes a query string to find all the matching pods in the repository and installs them to your local environment. The following steps are performed for an install:

1. query the repo for latest version of pods which match your query string
2. if any pods to install have dependencies not met by local environment, then query the repo for the latest version of those pods and add them to your install set
3. prompt you to show which pods will be installed and whether it is a new install, upgrade, or downgrade; if installed pod is at exact version as repo version then it is skipped
4. download the pods to a temporary directory
5. once all pods are downloaded, they are copied into your working library directory

Examples:

// install latest version acmeCoolPod
fanr install acmeCoolPod

// install specific versions of foo and bar
fanr install "foo 1.0.32, bar 1.0.33.1"

// install latest version of pods for specific project name
fanr install "* proj.name~='sidewalk'"

Uninstall Command

The uninstall command takes a query string to find all the matching pods in your local environment, checks dependencies, prompts you, then deletes them from your local library.

If the uninstall command detects that deleting a pod would break dependencies, then it prints the dependency problems and exits.

Publish Command

The publish command is used to upload a pod file from your local system to the repository. If you pass a simple pod name to the command then it finds that pod file in your local environment. Otherwise you can pass a file path to the pod file you wish to publish.

Examples:

// publish pod from local environment library
fanr publish acmeCoolLib

// publish pod with explicit file path (Windows path)
fanr publish \mypods\acmeCoolLib.pod

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