Documents for scancode-license-data #4024

docs/source/cli-reference/other-commands.rst

@@ -5,16 +5,45 @@ Other available CLIs
 
 ----
 
-.. include::  /rst_snippets/scancode-reindex-licenses.rst
+.. include::  /rst_snippets/extract.rst
 
 ----
 
-.. include::  /rst_snippets/extract.rst
+.. include::  /rst_snippets/scancode-license-data.rst
+
+
+``--path`` Option:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``--path`` option defines the directory where the license data will be stored.
+
+Here is an example of dumping license data with the ``--path DIR`` option::
+
+    scancode-license-data --path ~/licenses
+
+    Dumping license data to: /home/user/licenses
+    Done dumping #2465 licenses.
+
+Each of the licenses contains four files: '.LICENSE', '.html', '.json', and '.yml'.
+
+The dumped licenses directory look like this::
+
+    licenses/
+    ├── 389-exception.LICENSE
+    ├── 389-exception.html
+    ├── 389-exception.json
+    ├── 389-exception.yml
+    ├── 3com-microcodeLICENSE
+    ├── 3com-microcode.html
+    ├── 3com-microcode.json
+    ├── 3com-microcode.yml
+    .
+    .
+    .
 
 ----
 
-``scancode-reindex-licenses`` command
--------------------------------------
+.. include::  /rst_snippets/scancode-reindex-licenses.rst
 
 ScanCode maintains a license index to search for and detect licenses. When ScanCode is
 configured for the first time, a license index is built and used in every scan thereafter.
@@ -26,6 +55,38 @@ displays the following message to the terminal::
 
 This has several CLI options as follows:
 
+
+``--all-languages`` Option:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Rebuild the license index including texts all languages (and not only
+English) and exit. This is an EXPERIMENTAL option.
+
+
+``--only-builtin`` Option:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Rebuild the license index excluding any additional license directory or additional
+license plugins which were added previously, i.e. with only builtin scancode license and rules.
+
+This is applicable when there are additional license plugins installed already and you want to
+reindex the licenses without these licenses from the additional plugins.
+
+.. note::
+
+    Running the ``--only-builtin`` command won't get rid of the installed license plugins, it
+    would just reindex without the licenses from these plugins for once. Another reindex afterwards
+    without this option would bring back the licenses from the plugins again in the index.
+
+
+``--load-dump`` Option
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Load all licenses and rules from their respective files and then dump them
+to their respective files. This is done to make small formatting changes across
+all licenses and rules, to be consistent across them.
+
+
 ``--additional-directory`` Option:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -77,34 +138,3 @@ need to reindex the license index with those directories as parameters::
     better reproducibility and distribution of those license/rules
     for use in conjunction with scancode-toolkit licenses.
     See :ref:`install_new_license_plugin`
-
-
-``--only-builtin`` Option:
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Rebuild the license index excluding any additional license directory or additional
-license plugins which were added previously, i.e. with only builtin scancode license and rules.
-
-This is applicable when there are additional license plugins installed already and you want to
-reindex the licenses without these licenses from the additional plugins.
-
-.. note::
-
-    Running the ``--only-builtin`` command won't get rid of the installed license plugins, it
-    would just reindex without the licenses from these plugins for once. Another reindex afterwards
-    without this option would bring back the licenses from the plugins again in the index.
-
-
-``--all-languages`` Option:
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Rebuild the license index including texts all languages (and not only
-English) and exit. This is an EXPERIMENTAL option.
-
-
-``--load-dump`` Option
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Load all licenses and rules from their respective files and then dump them
-to their respective files. This is done to make small formatting changes across
-all licenses and rules, to be consistent across them.

docs/source/rst_snippets/extract.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,53 @@
-All Extractcode Options
------------------------
+``extractcode`` Usage
+---------------------
+
+Usage: extractcode [OPTIONS] <input>
+
+  extract archives and compressed files in the <input> file or directory tree.
+
+  Archives found inside an extracted archive are extracted recursively. Use
+  --shallow for a shallow extraction. Extraction for each archive is done in-
+  place in a new directory named '<archive file name>-extract' created side-
+  by-side with an archive.
+
+Options:
+
+.. _cli_extract:
+
+  --verbose            Print verbose file-by-file progress messages.
+  --quiet              Do not print any summary or progress message.
+  --shallow            Do not extract recursively nested archives in archives.
+  --replace-originals  Replace extracted archives by the extracted content.
+  --ignore TEXT        Ignore files/directories matching this glob pattern.
+  --all-formats        Extract archives from all known formats. The default is
+                       to extract only the common format of these kinds:
+                       "regular", "regular_nested" and "package". To show all
+                       supported formats use the option --list-formats .
+  --list-formats       Show the list of supported archive and compressed file
+                       formats and exit.
+  -h, --help           Show this message and exit.
+  --about              Show information about ExtractCode and its licensing
+                       and exit.
+  --version            Show the version and exit.
+
+Examples:
+
+  (Note for Windows: use '\' backslash instead of '/' slash for paths.)
+
+  Extract all archives found in the 'samples' directory tree:
+
+      extractcode samples
+
+  Note: If an archive contains other archives, all contained archives will be
+  extracted recursively. Extraction is done directly in the 'samples'
+  directory, side-by-side with each archive. Files are extracted in a
+  directory named after the archive with an '-extract' suffix added to its
+  name, created side-by-side with the corresponding archive file.
+
+  Extract a single archive. Files are extracted in the directory
+  'samples/arch/zlib.tar.gz-extract/':
+
+      extractcode samples/arch/zlib.tar.gz
 
 This is intended to be used as an input preparation step, before running the scan. Archives found
 in an extracted archive are extracted **recursively** by default. Extraction is done in-place
@@ -14,18 +62,3 @@ To extract the packages in the ``samples`` directory
 This extracts the zlib.tar.gz package:
 
 .. image::  /rst_snippets/data/extractcode.png
-
-.. _cli_extract:
-
---shallow   Do not extract recursively nested archives (e.g. Not
-            archives in archives).
-
---verbose   Print verbose file-by-file progress messages.
-
---quiet     Do not print any summary or progress message.
-
--h, --help  Show the extractcode help message and exit.
-
---about     Show information about ScanCode and licensing and exit.
-
---version   Show the version and exit.

docs/source/rst_snippets/scancode-license-data.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+``scancode-license-data`` Usage
+-------------------------------
+
+Usage: scancode-license-data [OPTIONS]
+
+  Dump scancode license data in various formats, and the licenseDB static
+  website at `path`.
+
+Options:
+  --path DIR  Dump the license data in this directory in the LicenseDB format
+              and exit. Creates the directory if it does not exist.
+  -h, --help  Show this message and exit.

docs/source/rst_snippets/scancode-reindex-licenses.rst

@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 ``scancode-reindex-licenses`` Usage
 -----------------------------------
 
-Usage: ``scancode-reindex-licenses [OPTIONS]``
+Usage: scancode-reindex-licenses [OPTIONS]
 
-Reindex scancode licenses and exit
-
-Options
--------
+  Reindex scancode licenses and exit
 
+Options:
   --all-languages             [EXPERIMENTAL] Rebuild the license index
                               including texts all languages (and not only
                               English) and exit.
   --only-builtin              Rebuild the license index excluding any
                               additional license directory or additional
-                              license plugins which were added previously, i.e.
-                              with only builtin scancode license and rules.
+                              license plugins which were added previously,
+                              i.e. with only builtin scancode license and
+                              rules.
+  --load-dump                 Load all the license objects from file and then
+                              dump them back to their respective license
+                              files.
   --additional-directory DIR  Include this directory with additional custom
                               licenses and license rules in the license
                               detection index.
-  --load-dump                 Load all license and rules from their respective
-                              files and then dump them back to those same files.
-  -h, --help                  Shows the options and explanations.
+  -h, --help                  Show this message and exit.