Commands of the DTR Tool (SAP Library

Commands of the DTR Tool

For each command in the DTR command line client, you will find its purpose, most commonly used options, and examples of its usage. Regarding the command syntax shown below, note the following:

● The part that is enclosed in [] is optional.

● The part that is enclosed in <> describes the required parameter of an option.

● An enumeration of valid parameters is denoted by (…|…).

List of Commands

Command / Short Command	Description
ACTIVITIES / ACTS	Searching for activities based on given criteria and displaying information about them.
ACTIVITY / ACT	Editing the activity or uploading, downloading or unchecking out the resources in a specific activity.
ADD	Adding a resource to the DTR.
CD	Navigating in the DTR folder structure.
CHECKIN	Checking in an activity.
CLIENTS	Showing all available DTR client configurations.
CLOSEWORKSPACE / CLOSEWS	Closing a workspace for any modification.
CONFIG	Opens the configuration files for editing.
DELETE	Deleting an object.
DELETEWORKSPACE	Deleting a workspace.
DIFF	Finding differences between two file versions.
DIR	Showing the folder content.
DISPLAYBLOBMETADATA	Extracts and displays meta information of the propagatable blob.
DOWNLOAD	Downloading content from the DTR to the local file system.
EDIT	Checking out a versioned resource.
EXIT	Leaving the shell mode of the DTR command line editor.
EXPORT/EXP	Exporting content of an activity, propagation list or a workspace into file.
GET	Synchronizing objects on the local file system with the DTR.
HELP	Calling the tool help.
HISTORY	Showing the version history of a specified file or folder.
IMPORT / IMP	Importing a file created by the export command into a repository.
INTEGRATE	Integrating an activity or a propagation list into a workspace.
LDIR	Listing only those files and folders that exist on the local directory.
MKACTIVITY / MKACT	Explicitly creating an activity.
MKDIR	Creating a folder under a workspace.
MKLDIR	Creating a folder locally only.
MKPROPAGATIONLIST / MKPL	Creating a propagation list
MKWORKSPACE / MKWS	Creating workspace folders and workspaces.
MOUNTPOINTS / MPS	Listing mountpoints.
MOVE	Moving a checked out resource from its activity to another activity.
PREDECESSORS / PRED	Finding dependencies between activities.
PROPERTY / PROP	Setting, reading, and removing properties of a versioned resource.
RDIR	Listing only files and folders that exist on the server.
REFRESH	Refreshing the state of the current client or switching to another client.
REMOVE	Removing files and folder from the local file system.
REOPENWORKSPACE / REOPENWS	Re-opening a closed workspace.
RESOLVE	Resolving check in or integration conflicts.
SCRIPT	Executing a sequence of DTR command line commands from a file.
SERVERGARBAGECOLLECT	Finding and removing non-referenced objects on the server.
SETPASSWORD / SETP	Changing a password.
SETPROPREQUESTID	Sets the propagation request ID for the given activity, propagation list, or workspace.
STATUS / STAT	Displaying the state of a file or folder.
SYSTEMS	Displaying the systems.
UNCHECKOUT / UNCO	Discarding the changes made on a checked-out or newly added resource.
UPLOAD	Uploading (saving) a checked out-file to the server.
VALIDATEBLOB	Validates the completeness of the contents of a blob.
WORKSPACES	Listing all available workspaces or workspaces on the server.