Thanks for the pointer. I am on Linux, but that command should work for me too. --- Regards, Jason Brower On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 12:17 -0800, Francisco Gama wrote: > I wouldn't recommend that procedure specially if you are on a Mac > where overwriting means replacing (this means that using Finder you > could lose changes like new applications,...). Besides, even in > Windows/Linux/GNU, overwriting a directory won't remove obsolete > files. > > Here's my take on how you should do it: > After extracting the new version of web2py just overwrite the > applications subdirectory with the contents from the old web2py > installation. > Unzip web2py... > cp -Rf old-web2py/applications/* newly-extracted-web2py/applications > > Francisco Gama > > On Feb 21, 3:04 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jason, > > > > to upgrade web2py just unzip a new one over an old one. It is safe. > > Your apps will not be overwritten. > > > > Please email me any spelling errors and I will fix them. I apologize > > for them. > > > > Massimo > > > > On Feb 20, 11:14 pm, Jason Brower <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I like web2py, finally a web framework I can sink my teeth into! > > > But I can't find any clear documentation on upgrading from one version > > > to the next. Also, there didn't seem to be any obvious place to tell > > > what is new in the next release. Perhaps an rss feed could help with > > > that. Additionally, wouldn't it be more intuitive and faster if you did > > > the little presentation during the 5 second gap between starting the > > > server and starting the browser? > > > Also, when following the documentation and examples I have found a few > > > spelling errors. Would you like me to report them as a patch, just to > > > tell them, or say nothing at all. :D I can't easily find a place to > > > report the bugs. > > > --- > > > Just a beginner, > > > Jason Brower > >
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