From c5d697841fdbd314a2bcbba789234d8a40e195cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Ehrenfeuchter <nikolaus.ehrenfeuchter@unibas.ch> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:26:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Explain manual invokation of updater --- Updater/README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/Updater/README.md b/Updater/README.md index ef13090..e56c398 100644 --- a/Updater/README.md +++ b/Updater/README.md @@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ service installation directory and the `$UpdateSourcePath` location (the latter one only requires write-permissions for the `Logs` folder for uploading the log files). +Manual Invokation +----------------- + +To launch the updater manually, e.g. to run it in verbose mode for seeing what +is going on, use the following command: + +```powershell +.\Update-Service.ps1 -UpdaterSettings .\UpdaterConfig.inc.ps1 -Verbose +``` + +For enforcing a cleanup-update, use the `-ForceServiceCleanup` flag. The updater +will then try to stop the service no matter whether it is busy and will remove +an existing status file (so the service starts with a *clean* status): + +```powershell +.\Update-Service.ps1 -UpdaterSettings .\UpdaterConfig.inc.ps1 -ForceServiceCleanup -Verbose +``` + Automatic Updates ----------------- -- GitLab