4.3.2.1. Getting Help

The easiest way to get help with the devtool command is using the ‐‐help option:

     $ devtool ‐‐help
     usage: devtool [-h] [‐‐basepath BASEPATH] [-d] [-q]
                    [‐‐color {auto,always,never}]
                    {create-workspace,deploy-target,undeploy-target,add,modify,extract,update-recipe,status,build,reset}
                    ...

     OpenEmbedded development tool

     positional arguments:
       {create-workspace,deploy-target,undeploy-target,add,modify,extract,update-recipe,status,build,reset}
         create-workspace    Set up a workspace
         deploy-target       Deploy recipe output files to live target machine
         undeploy-target     Undeploy recipe output files in live target machine
         add                 Add a new recipe
         modify              Modify the source for an existing recipe
         extract             Extract the source for an existing recipe
         update-recipe       Apply changes from external source tree to recipe
         status              Show status
         build               Build recipe
         reset               Remove a recipe from your workspace

     optional arguments:
       -h, ‐‐help            show this help message and exit
       ‐‐basepath BASEPATH   Base directory of SDK / build directory
       -d, ‐‐debug           Enable debug output
       -q, ‐‐quiet           Print only errors
       ‐‐color {auto,always,never}
                             Colorize output

     Use devtool <command> ‐‐help to get help on a specific command
                

As directed in the general help output, you can get more syntax on a specific command by providing the command name and using ‐‐help:

     $ devtool add ‐‐help
     usage: devtool add [-h] [‐‐version VERSION] recipename srctree

     positional arguments:
       recipename            Name for new recipe to add
       srctree               Path to external source tree

     optional arguments:
       -h, ‐‐help            show this help message and exit
       ‐‐version VERSION, -V VERSION