<DIV>Hi All,</DIV><DIV>if the size of your updated WPKG distribution is going to larger than is efficient or economical on remote internet connections, why not put the files required on a flash drive or external hard drive and have it posted?</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Since I assume you are in the UK and that you currently are not updating WPKG often this might be the most time effective way of doing it, if the Royal Mail / courier service has a fair price for shipping something that small in a fast timerame. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>You can have a simple robocopy script update the local WPKG installation with the files on the usb.</DIV><DIV>This will eliminate possible 3G charges and tying up a slow link for an extended period.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>If you only have a limited supply of external disks you could have them send it on to the next closest remote user.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>It may be a step backward from doing everything online and having it available instantly, but if updates are large or infrequent it may be an appealing option. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>--<BR signature="separator">
<DIV>thanks</DIV><DIV>-Pat Cahill</DIV><DIV><FONT size=1>M: Berserker Street SS</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=1>T: Glenmore SS</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=1>W: Berserker Street SS</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=1>T: Glenmore SS</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=1>F: Parkhurst SS</FONT></DIV></DIV><DIV> </DIV><SPAN>On 05/08/14, <B class=name>Dave Evans </B><dave.evans@goodness.co.uk> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV class="mimepart text plain">On 04/08/2014 16:01, Marco wrote:<br />>Hello,<br />><br />>I am new to the list, thus it might be a stupid question.<br />><br />>On which level do you develop your solution:<br />><br />>New WPKG Windows Client ?<br />>A "execute before" script/program in the WPKG client ?<br />>A "Custom script" in the WPKG client (off-line mode)?<br />>Changes in wpkg.js ?<br />others (Heiko & Rainer) have suggested that it might be not be a good idea, or at least there are things to be careful of before you do it.<br />the work I've done so far has been to create a separate script probably .js (like wpkg.js) or PowerShell.<br />Like I said, I would expect to have a local copy of the wpkg folder, and run from that<br />the clever part is how you keep it up to date.<br />I'm not clever enough to do a re-write of any of the existing code :-)<br /><br />Dave<br />><br />>Greetings ...<br />> Marco<br />><br />><br />>On 04.08.2014 15:53, Dave Evans wrote:<br />>>we have a number of users with laptops who work out of the office most<br />>>of the time (i.e. they come into the office 1 or 2 times a year).<br />>>others are remote desktops which never come to the office<br />>><br />>>what I want is for the client to:<br />>><br />>> * connect to a central server somewhere (could be via VPN or a<br />>> restricted server on the internet)<br />>> * download any new or changed files in the background (like Windows<br />>> Updates)<br />>> * execute wpkg (possibly next boot to avoid killing running<br />>> applications whilst we update them)<br />>> * (optionally) send the log file back up to the central server<br />>><br />>><br />>>I initially thought that off-line / laptop mode was for this, but on<br />>>reading further I realise it's to stop the clients trying to access the<br />>>server when they can't, useful, but no help here.<br />>>I looked around to see if there was anything that anyone had already<br />>>done to help in this scenario - but I can't find anything helpful.<br />>>So I've started to code a solution, I'm getting on well, but there's a<br />>>lot of work to do, and I thought it was about time I checked with the<br />>>mailing list in case someone else knows something that will already do this.<br />>>It may be that it's obvious, but just called something my brain won't<br />>>think of (so I'll never find it using search)<br />>><br />>>I've considered using offline files to make the remote folder structure<br />>>available locally, but I've no way of ensuring that things will be<br />>>updated locally in the correct order to make them execute right.<br />>>My current idea is to run wpkg at boot as normal, then as the last task<br />>>download any new/changed files using BITS (the part of Windows Updates<br />>>which does the trickle download of new patches) then these new versions<br />>>should get installed next boot.<br />>><br />>>Does anyone know of anything that will do what I'm after already?<br />>>and if not<br />>>Would anyone else be interested in using this when I get it ready?<br />>><br />>>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />>>Dave<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />>>SSLrack gives free SSL certificates for open source projects (and cheap for everyone else)!<br />>><a href="http://www.sslrack.com/promo/free-ssl-certificates-open-source-projects" target=l >http://www.sslrack.com/promo/free-ssl-certificates-open-source-projects</A><br />>><br />>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />>>wpkg-users mailing list archives >> <a href="http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/" target=l >http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/</A><br />>>_______________________________________________<br />>>wpkg-users mailing list<br />>>wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org<br />>><a href="http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users" target=l >http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users</A><br />>><br />>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />>SSLrack gives free SSL certificates for open source projects (and cheap for everyone else)!<br />><a href="http://www.sslrack.com/promo/free-ssl-certificates-open-source-projects" target=l >http://www.sslrack.com/promo/free-ssl-certificates-open-source-projects</A><br />><br />>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />>wpkg-users mailing list archives >> <a href="http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/" target=l >http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/</A><br />>_______________________________________________<br />>wpkg-users mailing list<br />>wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org<br />><a href="http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users" target=l >http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users</A><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />SSLrack gives free SSL certificates for open source projects (and cheap for everyone else)!<br /><a href="http://www.sslrack.com/promo/free-ssl-certificates-open-source-projects" target=l >http://www.sslrack.com/promo/free-ssl-certificates-open-source-projects</A><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />wpkg-users mailing list archives >> <a href="http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/" target=l >http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/</A><br />_______________________________________________<br />wpkg-users mailing list<br />wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org<br /><a href="http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users" target=l >http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users</A><br /></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>