watermint toolbox - The multi-purpose utility command-line tool for web services

dev build package

Package a build

Installation

Please download the pre-compiled binary from Latest Release. If you are using Windows, please download the zip file like tbx-xx.x.xxx-win.zip. Then, extract the archive and place tbx.exe on the Desktop folder. The watermint toolbox can run from any path in the system if allowed by the system. But the instruction samples are using the Desktop folder. Please replace the path if you placed the binary other than the Desktop folder.

Usage

This document uses the Desktop folder for command example.

Run

Windows:

cd $HOME\Desktop
.\tbx.exe dev build package -build-path /LOCAL/PATH/TO/build -dist-path /LOCAL/PATH/TO/dist -platform PLATFORM_TYPE

macOS, Linux:

$HOME/Desktop/tbx dev build package -build-path /LOCAL/PATH/TO/build -dist-path /LOCAL/PATH/TO/dist -platform PLATFORM_TYPE

Note for macOS Catalina 10.15 or above: macOS verifies Developer identity. Currently, tbx is not ready for it. Please select “Cancel” on the first dialogue. Then please proceed “System Preference”, then open “Security & Privacy”, select “General” tab. You may find the message like:

“tbx” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.

And you may find the button “Allow Anyway”. Please hit the button with your risk. At second run, please hit button “Open” on the dialogue.

Options:

Option Description Default
-build-path Full path to the binary  
-deploy-path Deploy destination folder path (remote)  
-dist-path Package destination folder path (local)  
-executable-name Executable file name base tbx

Common options:

Option Description Default
-auth-database Custom path to auth database (default: $HOME/.toolbox/secrets/secrets.db)  
-auto-open Auto open URL or artifact folder false
-bandwidth-kb Bandwidth limit in K bytes per sec for upload/download content. 0 for unlimited 0
-budget-memory Memory budget (limits some feature to reduce memory footprint) normal
-budget-storage Storage budget (limits logs or some feature to reduce storage usage) normal
-concurrency Maximum concurrency for running operation Number of processors
-debug Enable debug mode false
-experiment Enable experimental feature(s).  
-extra Extra parameter file path  
-lang Display language auto
-output Output format (none/text/markdown/json) text
-output-filter Output filter query (jq syntax). The output of the report is filtered using jq syntax. This option is only applied when the report is output as JSON.  
-proxy HTTP/HTTPS proxy (hostname:port). Please specify DIRECT if you want skip setting proxy.  
-quiet Suppress non-error messages, and make output readable by a machine (JSON format) false
-retain-job-data Job data retain policy default
-secure Do not store tokens into a file false
-skip-logging Skip logging in the local storage false
-verbose Show current operations for more detail. false
-workspace Workspace path  

Results

Report file path will be displayed last line of the command line output. If you missed command line output, please see path below. [job-id] will be the date/time of the run. Please see the latest job-id.

OS Path pattern Example
Windows %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\jobs\[job-id]\reports C:\Users\bob.toolbox\jobs\20190909-115959.597\reports
macOS $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports /Users/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports
Linux $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports /home/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports

Report: deleted

Path The command will generate a report in three different formats. deleted.csv, deleted.json, and deleted.xlsx.

Column Description
entry_path Path
entry_shard.file_system_type File system type
entry_shard.shard_id Shard ID
entry_shard.attributes Shard attributes

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; deleted_0000.xlsx, deleted_0001.xlsx, deleted_0002.xlsx, …

Report: skipped

This report shows the transaction result. The command will generate a report in three different formats. skipped.csv, skipped.json, and skipped.xlsx.

Column Description
status Status of the operation
reason Reason of failure or skipped operation
input.entry_path Path
input.entry_shard.file_system_type File system type
input.entry_shard.shard_id Shard ID
input.entry_shard.attributes Shard attributes

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; skipped_0000.xlsx, skipped_0001.xlsx, skipped_0002.xlsx, …

Report: summary

This report shows a summary of the upload results. The command will generate a report in three different formats. summary.csv, summary.json, and summary.xlsx.

Column Description
start Time of start
end Time of finish
num_bytes Total upload size (Bytes)
num_files_error The number of files failed or got an error.
num_files_transferred The number of files uploaded/downloaded.
num_files_skip The number of files skipped or to skip.
num_folder_created Number of created folders.
num_delete Number of deleted entry.
num_api_call The number of estimated upload API call for upload.

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; summary_0000.xlsx, summary_0001.xlsx, summary_0002.xlsx, …

Report: uploaded

This report shows the transaction result. The command will generate a report in three different formats. uploaded.csv, uploaded.json, and uploaded.xlsx.

Column Description
status Status of the operation
reason Reason of failure or skipped operation
input.path Path
result.name The last component of the path (including extension).
result.path_display The cased path to be used for display purposes only.
result.client_modified For files, this is the modification time set by the desktop client when the file was added to Dropbox.
result.server_modified The last time the file was modified on Dropbox.
result.size The file size in bytes.
result.content_hash A hash of the file content.
result.has_explicit_shared_members If true, the results will include a flag for each file indicating whether or not that file has any explicit members.

If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.

In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; uploaded_0000.xlsx, uploaded_0001.xlsx, uploaded_0002.xlsx, …

Proxy configuration

The executable automatically detects your proxy configuration from the environment. However, if you got an error or you want to specify explicitly, please add -proxy option, like -proxy hostname:port. Currently, the executable doesn’t support proxies which require authentication.

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