testdrive(1)
NAME
testdrive - Test Drive the current Ubuntu Development Snapshot in a VM
SYNOPSIS
testdrive [-f FILE] [-u URL] [-v|--version]
OPTIONS
-f FILE - path to a configuration file to read
-u URL - url to an ISO image to download and use; can be
[rsync|http|ftp|file] protocol
-v|--version - display the version and the hypervisor to be used, and
exit
DESCRIPTION
testdrive is a utility that allows you to easily download the latest
Ubuntu development release and run it in a KVM virtual machine.
The global configuration file, /etc/testdriverc, is sourced first, followed by the user's local configuration file, ~/.testdriverc, and xdg configuration ~/.config/testdrive/testdriverc.
Users wanting to change the behavior default configuration can make a
copy of the global configuration /etc/testdriverc, and either store it
as ~/.testdriverc, or as another file and pass that filename on the
command line.
Downloaded ISO files and disk images are stored in ~/.cache/testdrive,
and may optionally be cleaned out, periodically.
FILES
/etc/testdriverc, ~/.testdriverc, ~/.config/testdrive/testdriverc,
~/.cache/testdrive
LINKS
http://launchpad.net/testdrive
AUTHOR
This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published
by the Free Software Foundation.
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.