Provided by: testdrive-cli_3.27-0ubuntu1_all 
NAME
testdrive - Test Drive the current Ubuntu Development Snapshot in a VM
SYNOPSIS
testdrive [-d] [-f FILE] [-l FLAVOR] [-r RELEASE] [-u URL] [-v|--version]
OPTIONS
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-f CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
user configuration file (overriding default values
-v, --version
print version and system data, and exit
-u URL, --url=URL
get ISO image from this URL location
-d, --desktop
try to launch usb-creator for further testing
-r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
hardcode Ubuntu RELEASE codename
-l FLAVOR, --flavor=FLAVOR
hardcode Ubuntu flavor. Available Flavors: ubuntu/kubuntu/xubuntu/edubuntu/mythbuntu/ubuntustudio
/lubuntu/ubuntukylin
-p REPOSITORY, --repo=REPOSITORY
hardcode Ubuntu repository from where to obtain ISOs: releases/cdimage/cloud-daily/cloud-releases
-c, --curses
displays the Virtual Machine in the shell. Only valid for Cloud images.
DESCRIPTION
testdrive is a utility that allows you to easily download the latest Ubuntu development release or Cloud
image, and run it in a 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.
EXAMPLES
Specify repository (Defaults to Ubuntu development release):
testdrive -p cdimage
testdrive -p releases
testdrive -p cloud-daily
Specify repository and flavor (Defaults to latest Ubuntu release available):
testdrive -p cdimage -l kubuntu
testdrive -p releases -l kubuntu
testdrive -p cloud-daily -l cloud-server
Launch local ISO image:
testdrive -u /local/path/to/image.iso
Launch Cloud local image
testdrive -u /local/path/to/cloud-image.tar.gz
Launch Cloud local image with KVM curses
testdrive -u /local/path/to/cloud-image.tar.gz --curses
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 based systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License, version 3, can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.