In cases like this, a request at c...@stfc.ac.uk should be the way to go. CCP4 is a community resource and we are to listen and to do what's doable. We may not do everything at once, but knowing what is required is vital for the project.
Cheers, Eugene On 11 Apr 2013, at 18:22, Antony Oliver wrote: > Eugene - that's great. I too run a small suite of Macs (12) and was trying to > find a practical way of updating all those machines remotely. The command > line version of CCP4um will be very useful. > > Many thanks. > > Tony. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 11 Apr 2013, at 18:19, "eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk" > <eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Dear Dale, >> >> From next CCP4 release (due soon), ccp4um will be runnable from command line >> in automatic, non-graphical mode, fully cronable. I hope that that will give >> you what you want. "--check-silent" is a special option for ccp4i, it only >> checks for new updates but do not install them. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Eugene >> >> >> On 11 Apr 2013, at 18:10, Dale Tronrud wrote: >> >>> FYI >>> >>> I have a small herd of computers here and find it cumbersome to ssh >>> to each and fire up ccp4i just to update the systems. ccp4i takes a >>> while to draw all those boxes (particularly over ssh) and leaves files >>> behind in my disk areas on computers that I'm not likely to, personally, >>> run crystallographic computations. I much prefer to simply run ccp4um >>> from the command line. >>> >>> In fact, I would rather put it in cron and forget about it -- and >>> I expect that is what --check-silent is for. The usage statement, >>> however, doesn't explicitly say that this installs the new updates it >>> finds. I'll have to experiment a bit. >>> >>> Dale Tronrud >>> >>> On 04/11/2013 05:17 AM, eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk wrote: >>>> Sorry that this was unclear. We assume that updater is used primarily from >>>> ccp4i, where nothing changed (and why it should be used from command line >>>> at all ?:)). The name was changed because it is reserved in Windows, which >>>> caused lots of troubles. Now it will stay as is. >>>> >>>> Eugene >>>> >>>> On 11 Apr 2013, at 05:16, James Stroud wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 10, 2013, at 9:30 PM, >>>> <eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk<mailto:eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk>> >>>> <eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk<mailto:eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk>> wrote: >>>> >>>> No, it got renamed to ccp4um :) That should have been written in update >>>> descriptions, was it not? >>>> >>>> >>>> There was only one mention of "ccp4um" that I could find in all update >>>> descriptions that I found (6.3.0-020). I only figured out what information >>>> was trying to be communicated because of your message (see attachment). >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> >>>> <um-what.png> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11 Apr 2013, at 03:54, James Stroud wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I downloaded a crispy new version of CCP4 and ran update until the update >>>> update script disappeared. Is the reason that CCP4 has reached its final >>>> update? >>>> >>>> James >> >> >> -- >> Scanned by iCritical. >> -- Scanned by iCritical.
