Command Line Interface

ZipponDB use a CLI to interact, there is few commands available for now as focus was given to ZiQL. But more commands will be added in the future.

run

Run a ZiQL query on the selected database.

Usage:

run "QUERY" // (1)!

1. Note that query need to be between ""

db

db metrics

Print some metrics from the db, including: Size on disk and number of entities stored.

Usage:

db metrics

db new

Create a new empty directory that can be then initialize with a schema.

Usage:

db new path/to/dir

db use

Select an already created database with db new.

Usage:

db use path/to/dir

db state

Return the state of the database, either Ok or MissingDatabase if no database selected or MissingSchema if no schema was initialize.

Usage:

db state

schema

schema use

Attach a schema to the database using a schema file.

Usage:

schema use path/to/schema.file 

schema describe

Print the schema use by the selected database.

Usage:

schema describe

dump

Export the entier database in a specific format.

Usage:

dump [FORMAT] [PATH]

FORMAT options: csv, json, zid

quit

Quit the CLI.

Usage:

quit

help

Write an help message.

Usage:

help