Re: Setup - command line only

[Kevin and Nancy <bachcottage at gmail dot com>]

I have seen the options that allow to expedite the update process with a 
command line, and the GUI is still displayed.  I don't think this works 
if you're trying to use these options from a SSH remote access, i.e. 
you'd still need access to Windows to run the setup so the GUI can be 
displayed.  (I'm not sure on this point exactly.  Seems like I tried 
it.)  I will look a the link for the source, to see how difficult it may 
be to assist.
Kevin

In reply to Larry Hall (Cygwin), sent at 2009-02-22 10:05 PM :
> Ralph Hempel wrote:
> > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> >
> > > No, it's only the 289th time, which probably accounts for why you 
> > > couldn't
> > > find it with Google. ;-)  These kinds of features are missing from
> > > 'setup.exe' because there hasn't been a volunteer contributor for them.
> > > If you're interested in contributing something, see the link below:
> >
> > OK, the update of setup is not supported, but setup DOES in fact
> > allow fully command line based operation. I know because I moaned
> > about it, collected and tested patches, and even contributed a minor
> > fix to the option parsing.
>
> That's true but I believe the OP was lamenting that there wasn't a
> version that didn't still have the GUI even when run from the command
> line.  If I'm wrong, then I'm sure you've made the OP's day. :-)


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