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Hello Michael,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I came across this in the package definitions…<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><download url='<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wpkg.example.com/installers/some.msi">http://wpkg.example.com/installers/some.msi</a>' target="installers\some.msi" /><o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wondered if the downloadfile function could be
alternately
handled by BITS or another tool (robocopy/ftp/rsync) to give you a
little more
bandwidth control?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone has another solution to this I would
be interested
in hearing. Im re-deploying to 200 machine across everything from GB to
56k
connections overnight.<o:p></o:p></p>
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I'd suggest one of the following, whichever suits your needs first:<br>
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- rsyncing/robocopying the whole wpkg directory to a local repository
at a office location, pointing the locally connected stations to it<br>
<br>
- instead of using the "download" syntax, just have some script in
install cmd, which does rsync/robocopy the install path for this
package to the %TEMP%/mypackage dir; after successful installation from
%TEMP%/mypackage, start another install cmd which removes
%TEMP%/mypackage (same for upgrade/remove cmds if needed)<br>
<br>
- if you have enough space, rsync/robocopy the whole repository to a
local drive, then point wpkg to install from there (you can use e.g.
pre-action command in Wpkg Client for this)<br>
<br>
Searching at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wpkg.org">http://wpkg.org</a> you find e.g.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wpkg.org/Pro/ENGINEER">http://wpkg.org/Pro/ENGINEER</a><br>
which uses robocopying to local drive: you could use this as example
for your install script.<br>
<br>
<br>
Of course you might do the same using BITS: if you have a working
solution, please post it or provide a patch using bugzilla.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Falko<br>
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