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Scripting Commands

Submitted by Steve Lamerton on February 21, 2008 - 3:28pm

One of the new features in version 2.0 will be scripting support. Currently I have planned for the following commands but I am always open to suggestions for more.

Sync <job>
Backup <job>
Secure <job>
Delete <filepath>
Move <sourcepath> <destpath>
Copy <sourcepath> <destpath>
Execute <filepath>

Please note that this is not intended to replace batch file scripting, it is merely an easy way for you to tack a number of jobs together is an order, for example to run a Sync Update command before Encrypting.


I wonder what the '<' and

I wonder what the '<' and '>' characters signify? Same in the Toucan help for Command Line use.

Do you type them in or not? I think not. But some users will.

What's wrong with, e.g.

Sync job

or Delete filepath

They

signify that you do not type the actual text between them. I guess that maybe italics would be better, if it is just normal text users will type it out and then nothing will happen (unless they have a job called filepath Eye-wink )

'...and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard...' JFK

Italics get my vote.

Italics get my vote.