2011 - DDU - Intro to Drush

Intro to Drush
“DRUpalSHell”
Drupal Down Under 2011: Brisbane

Matthew Lechleider
PhamilyDev.net

Drush?

Command and scripting interface for Drupal.

Commands for modules, themes, profiles,
translations, and more!

Runs update.php, executes sql, DB migrations,
runs cron or clears cache.

NOT a module.

NOT Drupal version specific.

NOT for end users.

Command Line??

Scary at first, but your new best friend.


Basic Commands:
cd “change directory”
ls “list”
mv “move”
rm “remove”
cp “copy”
tar/gzip “compression similar to zip”
chown “change ownership”

Installation
Minimum of PHP 5.2


Linux 
Windows

− php5-cli − gzip, libarchive
− chmod u+x drush − tar and wget
− Alias or link “ln” executables
− drush.bat
− php.exe

Gotcha!

Need a copy of the PEAR Console_Table

File and user permissions

First time, manually run “./drush”

If alias, must refresh .bashrc

“source .bashrc”

Why?

Drush status

Drush help

Drush pm-info

Drush pm-enable

Drush pm-disable

Drush cron

Drush cache-clear

End.

Thanks DDU!

Matthew@Lechleider.com

PhamilyDev.net

2011 - DDU - Intro to Drush

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