About the -Update Command
The -Update command is used to list, add, remove, and publish Desktop Agent updates.
See About updating DLO.
Use the following syntax:
DLOCommandu -update [ -list | -add | -remove | -publish ]
The following subcommands allow you to list, add, remove, or publish updates:
Table: -Update subcommands
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Subcommand
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Description
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-List [-A|-UI <update id>]
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Lists settings for previously used updates.
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-Add -F <file name>
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Adds an “update definition file” to the updates list and assigns it a unique update ID number. The update ID number is used when the update is published with the -publish command.
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-Remove [-UI <update id>|-A]
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Removes a file or files from the update list.
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-Publish [-R] -UI <update id> [-P <profile name>|-PI <profile id>|-U <user>]
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Makes the specified updates available to users. Users can be identified by using the following options:
-P Profile name
-PI Profile RecordID. To obtain the profile RecordID, run the -listprofile command.
-U User name
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Use the following command options:
Table: -Update command and subcommand options
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Option
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Description
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-A
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Updates all
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-F <file name>
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Specifies a text file that contains update records
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-U <user name>
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Specifies a fully qualified user name, such as Enterprise\JFord
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-P <profile name>
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Specifies a profile name
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-PI <profile id>
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Specifies a profile record id
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-R
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Designates to unpublish
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-UI <update id>
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Specifies an update record id
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Note:
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Wildcard matches (*) are permitted in profile, Storage Location, and user names. Quotation marks are required around names if the name contains a space or colon.
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The following examples show you how to use the command options:
Table: Command option examples
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To do this
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Description
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Command
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List published updates
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Lists settings for all published updates
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DLOCommandu -update -list -A |
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List details of a specific update
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DLOCommandu -update -list -UI <updateID> |
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Add a file to the update list and assign it an ID number
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Prepares an update file to be published and assigns it a unique Record ID number. The Record ID number is returned when the following command is executed
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DLOCommandu -update -add -f cntlfile.txt |
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Publish an update to make it available to Desktop Agents
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Makes updates available to users. You can specify whether to make this update available to all users, specific users, or users in a profile. You can also use wildcards to specify profile and user names
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To publish an update for a profile:
DLOCommandu -update -publish -UI <updateID> -P <profile name> DLOCommandu -update -publish -UI 63 -P yourprofile
To publish an update for a specific user:
DLOCommandu -update -list -UI <updateID> -U <username> To publish an update for all users:
DLOCommandu -update -list -UI <updateID> -U * |
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Remove a file from the update list
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Removes a file from the update list. If the file was previously published, it must be unpublished before removing it.
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To unpublish:
DLOCommandu -update -publish -R -UI 33 To remove:
DLOCommandu -update -remove -UI 3 |
About the -Update Command