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Drush : The Drupal Shell Utility

Drush : The Drupal Shell Utility. Trevor Mckeown Founder & Owner Sublime Technologies trevor@sublimetechnologies.net. What is Drush ? . What is Drush ? Drush Stands for Drupal Shell What is a shell? Not something found at the sea. Also interchangeable with the term command prompt

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Drush : The Drupal Shell Utility

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  1. Drush: The Drupal Shell Utility Trevor Mckeown Founder & Owner Sublime Technologies trevor@sublimetechnologies.net

  2. What is Drush? • What is Drush? Drush Stands for Drupal Shell • What is a shell? Not something found at the sea. Also interchangeable with the term command prompt • It’s a way to interact with Drupal via the command prompt

  3. Running Scripts via the Command Prompt • Drush is just a php script that you run on the command prompt • Many languages you can run on the command prompt • Examples: Ruby, php, perl, python, and of course bash it’s self • Small Demo

  4. Drush Installation • Download Drush • Place it somewhere you will remember • Symbolic link drush to an path in your $PATH variable • Change directory into a drupal base directory • If settings.php is in sites/defaults directory your all set otherwise use the –l and –r options

  5. Drush Configuration Files • See examples directory under the root drush directory • drushrc.php file for setting common options like -l or -r or many more options. See example.drushrc.php • aliases.drushrc.php or similar file for setting up aliases like @prod @dev @staging. See example.aliases.drushrc.php

  6. Drushconfiguration files continued … • drush.ini for over riding php.ini • An example.bashrc file • Something about sandwiches • A sample command for writing your own commands

  7. What can Drush do from me? • A lot .. • Scripting out deployments including rsync • Database management • Backing up the site and database • User management: add, block, and assign roles to users • Site management: clear cache, run cron, run database updates, install drupal (D7)

  8. What can Drush do for me? • Many modules extend Drush and add additional commands • Features • Views • Devel • Drush Make • Node Export • Many more!

  9. DEMO

  10. Thank You! Comments, Questions, Concerns Trevor Mckeown trevor@sublimetechnologies.net

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