From 4d8d5273a2434c60562cae13c0a08d4bc2fd642f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 17:10:40 +0200 Subject: Doc: add docs for devtool Change-Id: Iadb453a02b331bb2cf9f8f0a4e1fe66052abe264 Reviewed-by: Kai Koehne Reviewed-by: Karsten Heimrich --- doc/installerfw.qdoc | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/installerfw.qdoc b/doc/installerfw.qdoc index 37d01bec9..6d9052316 100644 --- a/doc/installerfw.qdoc +++ b/doc/installerfw.qdoc @@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ \li \l archivegen + \li \l devtool + \endlist \section1 installerbase @@ -930,6 +932,53 @@ Where \e is the path and file name of the archive to create and \e contains the paths and names of the files or directories to package into the archive, separated by spaces. + + \section1 devtool + + You can use \c devtool to update an existing installer or maintenance tool + with a new installer base, to dump binary content from an installer or + maintenance tool to a target, and to execute operations. For a summary of + available operations, see \l {Operations}. + + \c devtool expects the following parameters in the following order: + + \code + devtool [options] binary + \endcode + + Where \e binary is the path and name of an existing installer or maintenance + tool. + + \section2 Summary of devtool Parameters + + \table + \header + \li Parameter + \li Use + \row + \li -?, -h, --help + \li Display help. + \row + \li -v, --version + \li Display version information. + \row + \li --verbose + \li Display additional information. + \row + \li --update + \li Update an existing installer or maintenance tool with a new + installer base. + \row + \li --dump + \li Dump the binary content that belongs to an installer or + maintenance tool into the target. + \row + \li --operation + \li Execute an operation with a list of arguments. + + \c mode can be \c DO or \c UNDO, depending on whether the step + contains instructions for the installer or uninstaller. + \endtable */ /*! -- cgit v1.2.1