How does the inbox/yacs work?

Boen, Jan -- on Nov. 27 2006

Can you tell me which directiry tree to make?

I would like to upload the newest YACS archive to the inbox/yacs. Can you tell me which directory tree to make under the root of a given YACS instance?

Using a local file

Alternatively, this script is able to handle archives that have been put in the directory inbox/yacs.

Bernard

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on Nov. 28 2006

Jan: inbox is supposed to be at the same level than other directories, just below the YACS installation directory.

More exactly, if the root directory is yacs, then put the update archive in yacs/inbox/yacs.

The version 6.10 will also allow for a manual update of the staging directory, in directory scripts/staging.

This means that different methods are available for the staging:

updated files are staged individually through the network - configure the reference server, and let YACS do the job - the most simple approach, but may be proven impraticable with heavy updates or poor network

upload of an entire archive - it is exploded by YACS in the staging directory - quite simple, but requires support for 6M files, plus enough CPU time to explode the stuff

explode of a local archive - that you would have deposit in inbox/yacs through anothe rmean, such as FTP - still requires enough CPU time

manual upload of files in the staging store - the ultimate solution in difficult situations

After the refresh of the staging directory, all you have to do is to trigger the update, at scripts/update.php, to finalize the actual update of running scripts.

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