CLI Commands¶
In Zootools we have have a CLI interface which allows you run arbitrary commands for example loading an application with ZootoolsPro, managing Zoo packages.
Before we begin playing around make sure you have a copy of zootools in a development location eg. documents/zootoolspro.
Commands documentation
CLI¶
You should cd into the root folder of zootools. This is required due to the cli using the working directly as a way to determine the location of internal files.
All operations are done using the ‘install/core/bin/zoo_cmd’
Lets first setup zootools and add it to maya.
cd zootoolspro
call ./bin/zoo_cmd.bat setup --destination destination/folder --zip myZootools.zip --app maya --app_dir
~/Documents/maya/modules
In the case you want to install a new package you can use the ‘–install’ flag. Like the following.
cd zootoolspro
call ./bin/zoo_cmd.bat installPackage --path myPackagePath
You can also do –inPlace 1 if you want ot use the package directly without
call ./bin/zoo_cmd.bat installPackage --path myPackagePath --inPlace
Git tags are also supported defined like so
cd zootoolspro
call install/core/bin/zoo_cmd.bat installPackage --path https:\\myGitpath.git --tag v1.0.0
Python¶
It’s also Possible to run any CLI command via the python api
from zoo.core import api
zoo = api.zooFromPath(os.environ["ZOOTOOLS_PRO_ROOT"])
zoo.runCommand("installPackage" ("--path somePath/folder", "--inPlace"))