mirror of https://github.com/winsw/winsw
23 lines
967 B
Markdown
23 lines
967 B
Markdown
# Deferred file operations
|
|
|
|
To support self updating services, winsw offers a mechanism to perform file operations before the process you specified in the configuration file gets launched.
|
|
This is often necessary because Windows prevents a file from being overwritten while it's in use.
|
|
|
|
To perform file operations, write a text file (in the UTF-8 encoding) at *myapp.copies*
|
|
(that is, it's in the same directory as *myapp.xml* and *myapp.exe* but with a different file extension),
|
|
and for each operation add one line:
|
|
|
|
* To move a file, write a line `src>dst`. If the `dst` file already exists it will be overwritten.
|
|
|
|
The success or failure of these operations will be recorded in the event log.
|
|
|
|
`src` and `dst` should be the full path to file, or you will see failed to copy file.
|
|
|
|
example:
|
|
|
|
```
|
|
c:\soft\sshd.exe.new>c:\bin\ssh.exe
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
The `<download>` element in the configuration file also provides an useful building block for a self updating service.
|