Overview

GTlab offers with the program GTlabConsole.exe the possibility to work with GTlab and on GTlab projects without the user interface.

The modular design of GTlab also comes into play here: In addition to a series of basic commands, which are explained below, modules can also register supplementary commands for the console application, which are available depending on the local GTlab setup.

A good overview of the use of the console application and the available commands can be found by calling up the help with the command GTlabConsole.exe –help (Windows) or GTlabConsole –help (Linux)

Overall, the use of the console application is correct in the form GTlabConsole.exe [options] <command>

A number of options and commands are generally available:

Options:

--debug

Enables debug output and higher

--dev

Activate the developer mode

--help

Displays help on commandline options (also -h and -?)

--medium

Enables medium verbose output

--session <session_id>

Defines a session to be used for execution. (also –se)

--trace

Enables trace output and higher

--verbose

Enables very verbose output

--version

Displays the version number of GTlab (also -v)

Commands:

Command	Description
check_meta <input.xml>	Checks given meta process data.
create_session	Creates a session if it doesn’t exist already
delete_session	Deletes the given session
enable_modules	Enables the modules specified. A module is disabled if it caused a crash on a previous application run.
footprint	Displays framework footprint
import_to_session	loads a project to the current session
list	Shows list of modules, session, projects and tasks.
list_variables	Lists the contents of all variables.
process_runner	Starts a TCP server, which handles and executes task requests.
python	Executes python
run	Executes a process. To define a project name and a process name is the default used option to execute this command. Use –help for more details.
run_meta <input.xml> <output.xml>	Executes given meta process data. Results are stored in given output file.
set_variable	Sets a global variable that already exists in settings.
switch_session	Switches to the given session
upgrade_project	Upgrades all modules in the current project
load_module <module_file>	Executes a test to load modules of the given arguments.