Autoupdate (Auto Update) Command Line Info

[scso1502]

I was working with Drocona on another problem and he related some great info with regard to the SRCDS Autoupdate feature. I wanted to share it with people in case it may be missed in my unrelated post.

Thanks to Drocona for this info, I'm sure it will help a lot of people in need.


AutoUpdate Info Per Drocona:

-autoupdate only works on Linux, Windows simply doesn't do anything.

It works like this, every time the server starts up (so first time or after a restart) it will check if the current version is up to date with the updatetool, if it's not up to date it will update the program, then again it will check. AFTER it's checked/updated the server will start, so you'll never have any trouble with this since the server simply waits in line for the update to complete.

You can make this yourself in windows with a .bat file. I used my own restart script to put it in as an example (see attachment)

Here's basically what it's all about:

Code:

start /wait F:\SRCDS\Updater\hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir F:\SRCDS

put that line right above the start /wait "pathtoserverhereblabla for startup"

Make sure you set everything correctly of course (correct paths)


SRCDS-Guardian-autoupdate.zip (http://forums.srcds.com/attachment.php?aid=286)

[Doggie52]

The windows autoupdate thing has puzzled me for some time. Thanks for this FAQ!

[Vaffel]

Thanks, that help me ALOT.

[Spartanfrog]

Thanks, but how do i change the path files?

[Drocona]

right click the bat file and click edit.
Then replace all the paths with your own

[Spartanfrog]

im stupid .

[Spartanfrog]

i have C:\Program Files\Valve\CSS execpy it says it cannot find C:\Program

[Drocona]

Put quotes around it, it can't read spaces without quotes so it would be like this:

"C:\Program Files\Valve\CSS\srcds.exe" -game cstrike etc etc

if that's the location of srcds.exe

[krabbedoelie]

nice script

[Mooga]

All this does is update before you start your server. It doesn't auto-update. If anything, all it does is make it take longer to re-start your server.

[Brille2908]

If this really should autoupdate, you need to do alot of coding. Make it search for the string "Your server is out of date" and if that is found, it will stop the server, start the updating, and then start your server.

This will not be do-able in .batch files..

[realchamp]

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