Add or Edit Command Line Dialog Box
Add or Edit Command Line
Dialog BoxThis dialog box lets you define a command line that runs when the associated software resource is delivered to a managed computer.
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Name | Identifies this command line in any list of command lines for software resources. Make the name descriptive enough for others to easily identify this command line. Follow your organization’s standards for names, if any. |
Description | Lets you type a description to further identify this command line and make it more recognizable. Do not include critical information in the description because it is not intended to appear in all the lists that contain the name. |
Command line requires a package | Lets you select the package that the command line runs, if any. The Package list contains the packages that are associated with the current software resource.Some command lines do not require a package because the action does not require the package to be downloaded. For example, Windows Installer (MSI) repair and uninstall command lines do not require a package. However, they generally require the package code GUID value to identify the package on the managed computer. The Command Line Builder can help you generate a command line that contains the package code GUID value. |
Installation file type | Lets you select the type of installation that this command line represents. An installation file type is required for the Command Line Builder to help create the command line. The installation file type determines the options that are available in the Command Line Builder dialog box.The list contains the supported installation file types. Additional internal products or third-party products can be programmed to introduce additional file types that are not listed here. Use the <other> option in the following situations:
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Command type | Lets you select the action that the command line performs. The action that you select can enable certain automatic functionality in software delivery. For example, a default uninstall command line lets Managed Delivery use the supersedence functionality to update a software resource. This option also determines the command-line options that are available in the Command Line Builder . The Installation file type option determines the options that are available here. Additional internal products or third-party products can be programmed to introduce additional command types that are not listed here.The options that specify the type of action to perform are as follows:
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Set as the default for this command type | Makes this command line the default for the type of action that is selected in Command type . For example, you can define multiple installation command lines for a software resource, but only one installation command line can be the default.Software delivery policies and tasks are the primary users of the default command lines. For example, when you create a policy to deliver a software resource and its dependencies, select the command line to install the main software resource. Each dependency’s default installation command line is selected automatically. |
Command line | Lets you type the full command line. The Edit option opens the Command Line Builder dialog box, which provides additional options that depend on the type of installation file that you selected as follows:
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Success codes | Lets you type the codes to be returned from the command line when it is successful. Type a single value, a series of comma-separated values, or a range of values. |
Failure codes | Lets you type the codes to be returned from the command line when it fails. Type a single value, a series of comma-separated values, or a range of values. |