Generate or append an Atom feed with software update announcements.
appcaster.wsf [/source:value] [/path:value] [/overwrite:value] [/maxage:value] [/maxcount:value] /application:value [/author:value] [/description:value] [/history:value] [/location:value] [/arguments:value] [/changes:value] [/info:value] [/mime:value] [/size:value] [/timestamp:value] [/track:value] /version:value [/url:value]
| source | Location of the input XML feed |
| path | Location of the output XML feed (default: appcaster.xml) |
| overwrite | Erase the existing appcast (default: false) |
| maxage | Prune feed entries older than this many days (default: infinite) |
| maxcount | Maximum number of entries to keep in the feed (default: infinite) |
| application | Name of the software |
| author | Name of the publisher |
| description | Information about the appcast |
| history | URL of the revision history |
| location | URL of the appcast |
| arguments | Command line arguments for the update |
| changes | Summary of the update |
| info | URL of the release notes |
| mime | MIME file type of the update file (default: application/octet-stream) |
| size | Update file size in bytes or detected by file path |
| timestamp | Time stamp of the update release (RFC 3339) |
| track | Update deployment track (default: stable) |
| version | Version of the update |
| url | Download link to the update file |
“size” may be a number specifying the file size in bytes, or a string specifying a local file path. If the local file exists, its file size is used.
“source” may be a local file path or an HTTP/HTTPS URL.
“maxage” and “maxcount” affect only appcast entries in the current release track. Appcast entries in other tracks and non-appcast entries in the XML feed are not removed.
appcaster.wsf /application:FooApp /version:1.0.1
appcaster.wsf /source:http://example.com/myfeed.xml /path:myfeed.xml /overwrite:true /maxage:30 /maxcount:100 /application:FooApp /author:“Bar Inc.” /description:“Latest updates feed” /location:http://example.com/fooapp.html /history:http://example.com/versions.html /arguments:—x64 /changes:“Better foos\nFixed bars” /info:http://example.com/v100.html /mime:application/x-msi /timestamp:2003-12-13T18:30:02.25+01:00 /size:1369088 /track:beta /version:1.0.1 /url:http://example.com/foo.msi