Using AutoPatcher on External HD
Guest_STF Consulting_* 16 Apr 2008
First off, AutoPatcher is amazing. Fantastic concept, wonderful execution, etc. Just so we're clear on that.
I'd like to run AutoPatcher from an external HD. I download the updater and save all the updates to an external HD. This is great if a customer does not have internet access and needs valuable updates. However, is there a way to run the updater and have it check to see if we already have the appropriate updates in the "modules" folder and simply skip those and update the new ones? Otherwise, we need to overwrite the files and that takes a lot of time. So basically, just update the ones that are new and retain all the old updates in-tact on the external HD. Thanks in advance.
-STF Consulting
I'd like to run AutoPatcher from an external HD. I download the updater and save all the updates to an external HD. This is great if a customer does not have internet access and needs valuable updates. However, is there a way to run the updater and have it check to see if we already have the appropriate updates in the "modules" folder and simply skip those and update the new ones? Otherwise, we need to overwrite the files and that takes a lot of time. So basically, just update the ones that are new and retain all the old updates in-tact on the external HD. Thanks in advance.
-STF Consulting
Cristiano
16 Apr 2008
well, there's a simply way: if you run apup in that external hd, it will check if you have the latest version of each module. apup always will skip the existing modules and will download just the new modules, erasing the obsolete ones. but in order to do that, this external hd must be running in a machine that is online. but in order to do that, apup must check the md5 for each file. it shall not take a long time, but...
by the way: the issue isn't run apup in a pc then move the folders to that external hd. the main issue is that at each release, something is removed too. so, if you keep just overwriting things and not removing the obsolete ones, soon you will be installing a lot of obsolete updates and this will take a lot more time...
other thing that you can do is set an sync tool to keep that external hd up-to-date, according an folder in some pc. so, you only need keep that folder up-to-date, running apup in there from times to times and then use that sync tool to update the folder that is in that external hd
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by the way: the issue isn't run apup in a pc then move the folders to that external hd. the main issue is that at each release, something is removed too. so, if you keep just overwriting things and not removing the obsolete ones, soon you will be installing a lot of obsolete updates and this will take a lot more time...
other thing that you can do is set an sync tool to keep that external hd up-to-date, according an folder in some pc. so, you only need keep that folder up-to-date, running apup in there from times to times and then use that sync tool to update the folder that is in that external hd
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