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swac-get
SWAC-GET(1) General Commands Manual SWAC-GET(1)
NAME
swac-get - audio collections of words (SWAC) manager
SYNOPSIS
swac-get [-t] [clear] [update] | [upgrade] | [select <url|packid>] | [deselect <url|packid>] | [list] | [list-sources] | [list-available] |
[sql <query>] | [--help] | [--version]
DESCRIPTION
Swac-get is a simple command line program which allows to download and install audio collections of words (SWAC) in a SQLite3 database.
Audio collections can be imported from the hard drive or directly from the Internet using the HTTP protocol. Swac-get is designed to be
used with swac-explore, a GTK+ interface which allows the browsing of the created SQLite3 database. An important set of free audio collec-
tions of words (SWAC) is available at: http://swac-collections.org/
For more information, please, visit the Shtooka Project homepage at: http://shtooka.net/ .
COMMANDS
clear clear database
deselect <url|packid>
delete records of the package <url|packid> from the database
list list installed packages
list-available
list available packages
list-sources
list source repositories
sql <query>
execute a sql query in the database
select <url|packid>
insert records of the package <url|packid> in the database
ex: swac-get select file:///home/<my directory>/
swac-get select http://packs.shtooka.net/<my package>/ogg/
swac-get select fra-balm-voc
select source-delete <url>
delete <url> from the repositories list
source-deselect <url>
deselect <url> from the repositories list
source-select <url>
add <url> to the repositories list
ex: swac-get source-select http://packs.shtooka.net/
swac-get source-select file:///home/<my directory>/
update update the list of available packages
upgrade
upgrade installed packages
OPTIONS
-t, --target <path>
set the SQLite3 database path (default path is ~/.swac/swac.db)
-v, --version
print version information and exit
-h, --help
print this help and exit
EXAMPLES
swac-get source-select http://packs.shtooka.net/
swac-get update
swac-get select chi-balm-hsk1
swac-get select fra-balm-voc
BUGS
swac-get doesn't care about the version number for the upgrade command.
AUTHOR
swac-get and this manual page were written by Nicolas Vion <nico@picapo.net>.
mai 25, 2008 SWAC-GET(1)