Command Line Tools > Silent Command Line Switches

Description

This switch instructs RayPack to perform various upgrade tasks for PackPoint resources. Use this command to:

•Manually upgrade PackPoint created by previous version of RayPack

•Update the shared PackPoint with local resources and modifications

•Repair shared PackPoint files

Parameters

Parameter

Required

Description

-UpgradeType <type>

YES

Specifies the update mode.

oFromInstallation: The shared PackPoint resources will be updated from the application installation (by default C:\Program Files (x86)\RayPack\Resources\). This is the default setting.

oFromLocal: The shared PackPoint resources will be updated from the local profiles, exclusion lists, templates (by default %appdata%\RayPack\)

oFromPackPoint: The local profiles, exclusion lists, templates etc. will be updated from the shared PackPoint location

-Mode <mode>

YES

Specifies the collision resolving mode.

oTargetWins: In case of conflict between two values, the target value wins (nothing will be overwritten).

oSourceWins: In case of conflict between two values, the source one wins (it will overwrite the target values)

Be aware:

This switch applies only when merging profiles and/or exclusion list. For other files, target resources are preserved, only missing ones are copied.

Example

RpCmd.exe UpgradePackPoint

-UpgradeType FromInstallation

Upgrade Rules

The resources are updated according to the following rules

1.Missing files are copied from source to the target location

2.Certain XML resources are merged from source to the target location. In case of conflicts:

oIf FromPackPoint mode was used, then the application settings define which one from the source or the target is winning. To read how to change the PackPoint merging strategy, go to the PackPoint chapter.

oFor other types of PackPoint update, the target always wins.