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Last modified on 10/15/09 14:01:15
Use cases for datapkg
- Install datapkg
- Search remote registry/repo for a package
- Download package on to local disk and unpack
$ datapkg get [url|name] [path]
If specifying name (using a Registry) then:- get metadata from registry
- locate the distribution URL
- Discover at URL: targz/zip file, version controlled repo, URL page with links (ask user which one)
- download the compressed distribution to temp dir (progress bar)
- unpack it to destination path Future: maybe need to build/compile data
- Explore package
- Package a csv file
- Register the package to the remote repo.
- Upload the package distribution to the remote repo.