NAME¶
hitchhiker - Access locations using Bazaar transports
SYNOPSIS¶
hitchhiker [URL] [COMMAND] [ARGS]
OPTIONS¶
None.
DESCRIPTION¶
A client to access bzr transports, namely the Bazaar version control
repositories. This utility can be used to log into the remote host and
manipulate Bazaar repositoy content like it were a FTP, SFTP client. Command
include cp, mv, rmtree etc. Use Case: command 'bzr upgrade <URL>
<repository format options>' is run and after the process is over the
backup.bzr needs to be removed. With this tool the task is easy.
If no COMMAND is supplied, interactive mode is launched. If no URL is supplied,
in interactive mode, the "open" command should be used to connect to
a location.
EXAMPLES¶
COMMAND LINE USE¶
To run command, like
help non-interactively, use URL, e.g. current
directory:
hitchhiker . help
Without options, the command line client starts in interactive mode:
hitchhiker
(Cmd) <cursor here>
Try command
help for list of possibilities
(Cmd) help
at
cd
connect-and-wait
edit
exit
get
help
info
ls
lsl
mirror
mkdir
open
put
rename
rm
rmtree
Further help is provided for each command:
(Cmd) help open
Usage: open LOCATION
Open a new location.
The location may be any URL supported by Bazaar.
(Cmd) exit
USE CASES¶
Upgrade a remote Bazaar baranch at
http://launchpad.net Bazaar and remove the
backup
bzr upgrade lp:~user/+brach/name --2a
hitchhiker lp:~user/+brach/name rmtree backup.bzr
ENVIRONMENT¶
None.
FILES¶
None.
SEE ALSO¶
bzr(1) sftp(1)
AUTHORS¶
Program was written by Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley@canonical.com>.
This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, for the
Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Updated by Jari Aalto
<jari.aalto@cante.net>. Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your
option) any later version. For more information about license, visit
<
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.