Syncro SVN Client Installer Command Line Reference

Command line options of the Syncro SVN Client installer.

The response.varfile

The Syncro SVN Client installers for Windows and Linux creates a file called response.varfile, which records the choices that the user made when running the installer interactively. You can use a response.varfile to set the options for an unintended install. Here is an example of a response.varfile:

#install4j response file for Oxygen XML Editor 16.0
#Fri Jul 18 21:52:15 EDT 2014
sys.adminRights$Boolean=true
sys.programGroupDisabled$Boolean=false
createDesktopLinkAction$Boolean=true
autoVersionChecking=true
sys.fileAssociation.launchers$StringArray="19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19","19"
sys.programGroupAllUsers$Boolean=true
reportProblem=true
downloadResources=true
sys.languageId=en
sys.installationDir=C\:\\Program Files (x86)\\Oxygen XML Editor 16
createQuicklaunchIconAction$Boolean=true
sys.programGroupName=Oxygen XML Editor 16.0
executeLauncherAction$Boolean=true
sys.fileAssociation.extensions$StringArray="xml","dita","ditamap","ditaval","xsl","xslt","xspec","xsd","rng","rnc","sch","dtd","mod","ent","nvdl","fo","wsdl","xquery","xq","xqy","xqm","xql","xpl","css","json","xpr"

The following table describes some of the settings that can be used in the response.varfile:

Table 1. response.varfile Options Parameters
Parameter name Description Values
autoVersionChecking Automatic version checking. true / false. Default setting is true.
reportProblem Allows you to report a problem encountered while using Syncro SVN Client. true / false. Default setting is true.
downloadResources Allows Syncro SVN Client to download resources (links to video demonstrations, webinars and upcoming events) from http://www.syncrosvnclient.com to populate the application welcome screen. true / false. Default setting is true.

The Syncro SVN Client installation uses the install4j installer. A description of the response.varfile format can be found on the install4j site.

Command line parameters

The Syncro SVN Client installer supports the following command line parameters:

Option Meaning
-q Run the installer in unattended mode. The installer will not prompt the user for input during the install. Default settings will be used for all options unless a response.varfile is specified using the -varfile option or individual settings are specified using
- on Windows:
syncroSVNClient.exe -q 
- on Linux:
syncroSVNClient.sh -q 
-overwrite In unattended mode, the installer does not overwrite files with the same name if a previous version of the Syncro SVN Client is installed in the same folder. The -overwrite parameter added after the -q parameter forces the overwriting of these files.
- on Windows:
syncroSVNClient.exe -q -overwrite
- on Linux:
syncroSVNClient.sh -q -overwrite
-console
To display a console for the unattended installation, add a -console parameter to the command line.
- on Windows:
start /wait syncroSVNClient.exe -q -console
Note: The use of start /wait on Windows is required to make the installer run in the foreground. It you run it without start /wait, it will run in the background.
- on Linux:
syncroSVNClient.sh -q -console
-varfile Points to the location of a response.varfile to be used during an unattended installation. For example:
- on Windows:
syncroSVNClient.exe -q -varfile response.varfile
- on Linux:
syncroSVNClient.sh -q -varfile response.varfile
-V Is used to define a variable to be used by an unattended installation. For example:
- on Windows:
syncroSVNClient.exe -q -VusageDataCollector=false
- on Linux:
syncroSVNClient.sh -q -VusageDataCollector=false

The Syncro SVN Client installation uses the install4j installer. A full list of the command line parameters supported by the install4j installer can be found on the install4j site.