updater(1) USER MANUAL updater(1)
NAME
update.pl - an updating utility (DrWeb Updater).
SYNOPSIS
update.pl [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
DrWeb Updater module is an updating script update.pl written in Perl.
It is used for automatic receipt and installation of regular updates:
antivirus add-ons, content-specific black and white lists, component
updates.
OPTIONS
--ini=<path to file>
- use of alternative configuration file.
--what=<name>
- name of the component to be updated.
--not-need-reload=<name1[,name2...nameN]>
- if this parameter is not specified, then all the daemons will
be restarted after update.pl script finishes its work (but only
if any of their components has been updated, removed or added
during script operation).
- if this parameter is specified, but no value is set for it,
then none of the daemons will be restarted after update.pl
script finishes its work.
- names of the daemons can be uses as values for this parameter,
and several names can be specified in one string, without white-
spaces and with comma used as a delimiter. Daemons from this
list will not be restarted.
--components
- view a list of all product components available for update.
--freeze=<name1[, name2...nameN]>
- block updates for specific component.
--unfreeze=<name1[, name2...nameN]>
- enable updates for a frozen components.
--restore=<name1[, name2...nameN]>
- restore component to a previous state. On restoring component
will be automatically frozen. To enable updates for a restored
component you need to unfreeze it.
--mode=<agent | default>
- sets path to download directory (only for agent mode).
--download_dir=<path to directory>
- sets path to download directory (only for agent mode).
--lst=<path to directory>
- sets path to lst-file (only for agent mode).
--help - display help.
SIGNALS
SIGHUP - reload of configuration file
SIGINT - correct termination of operation
SIGKILL
- forced termination of Updater process (if any problems have
emerged)
AUTHOR
Doctor Web (http://www.drweb.com)
SEE ALSO
drwebd(1)
@VERSION@ 1992-2012 updater(1)