warpin [-FIU] [archive]If an archive file (
archive
) is specified on the command
line, WarpIN will start in install mode
and attempt to install the packages
in the specified archive.
Plain WarpIN archives have the .WPI
file extension. Since
WarpIN associates itself with *.WPI
files, you can simply
double-click on WPI files to have them installed.
Note that starting with V0.9.14, WarpIN also supports self-installing
archives with an .EXE
extension. Such archives are best
installed by double-clicking on the EXE file, but you can also give such
an archive as the archive
parameter to WARPIN.EXE
.
If no archive file is specified, WarpIN will start in database mode instead.
In addition, WarpIN supports a few command line options which allow you to override its default self-install behavior:
-F
option is specified (force mode),
WarpIN will always disable an existing installation, if present, and
allow to to recreate its own WPS objects.
You can use the -F
option from your existing WarpIN
installation if your WarpIN WPS objects got broken somehow, e.g. if
double-clicking on WPI files no longer appears to work.
-I
option is specified (ignore mode),
WarpIN will skip all automatic checks for whether it is currently installed.
This might be useful in certain situations if the WPS is not currently
running.
-U
option is specified (upgrade mode),
WarpIN will always copy itself over an existing active installation, if one
exists in a different directory. If no such active installation exists,
you get an error.