Init command

Help

The help text for the init subcommand can be shown by passing the -h flag.

%%bash
metacatalog init -h

usage: metacatalog init [-h] [--version] [--connection CONNECTION] [--verbose]
                        [--quiet] [--dev] [--logfile LOGFILE]
                        [--ignore IGNORE [IGNORE ...]]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version, -v         Returns the module version
  --connection CONNECTION, -C CONNECTION
                        Connection string to the database instance.Follows the
                        syntax: driver://user:password@host:port/database
  --verbose, -V         Activate extended output.
  --quiet, -q           Suppress any kind of output.
  --dev                 Development mode. Unexpected errors will not be
                        handled and the full traceback is printed to the
                        screen.
  --logfile LOGFILE     If a file is given, output will be written to that
                        file instead of printed to StdOut.
  --ignore IGNORE [IGNORE ...], -I IGNORE [IGNORE ...]
                        List tables to be ignored for default population.

Usage

The init command just runs two other commands. First, create and then populate. Refer to their documentation for more info

See Also

• create command

• populate command