perkeep/cmd/pk-mount/doc.go

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/*
Copyright 2013 The Perkeep Authors.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/
/*
The pk-mount tool mounts a root directory blob onto the given
mountpoint. The blobref can be given directly or through a share blob
URL. If no root blobref is given, an automatic root is created
instead.
Mounting
Execute the following commands in a shell to mount a Perkeep directory in your home directory.
mkdir ~/Perkeep
pk-mount ~/Perkeep
cd ~/Perkeep
ls -C1
WELCOME.txt
at
date
recent
roots
sha1-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
tag
Creating a Root Node
Files and directories are anchored in a root node. You can view and
create Root nodes in the roots directory. For example to create a
Photos root node execute the following commands:
cd ~/Perkeep
mkdir roots/Photos
cd roots/Photos
cp -R ~/Photos/* .
Accessing Recent Items
A list of recently accessed items are visible in the recent directory.
cd ~/Perkeep/recent
ls -C1
IMG_20171104_193001.jpg
IMG_20171104_205408_thumbnail.jpg
IMG_20171208_070038.jpg
test.txt
Accessing Content at a specific Point in Time
The at directory contains full instructions in the README.txt file contained within.
Accessing a specific Node
You can directly access a specific directory by using the full sha1 identifier.
cd ~/Perkeep
cd sha1-xxx # where xxx is the full 16 character identifier
Full Command Line Usage
pk-mount [opts] [<mountpoint> [<root-blobref>|<share URL>|<root-name>]]
-debug
print debugging messages.
-help
print usage
-legal
show licenses
-open
Open a GUI window
-secret-keyring string
GnuPG secret keyring file to use.
-server string
Perkeep server prefix.
If blank, the default from the "server" field of the default
config is used. Acceptable forms:
https://you.example.com,
example.com:1345 (https assumed), or
http://you.example.com/alt-root
-term
Open a terminal window. Doesn't shut down when exited. Mostly for demos.
-verbose
extra debug logging
-version
show version
-xterm
Run an xterm in the mounted directory. Shut down when xterm ends.
*/
package main // import "perkeep.org/cmd/pk-mount"