Repackaging Wizard Command-Line Options

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Repackager | Repackaging Wizard

The following command-line options are supported by the Repackaging Wizard:

Repackaging Wizard Command-Line Options

Option

Description

-?

Displays a dialog box containing usage information for all Repackager command line options:

• If a option name is provided, detailed help for the specified option will be displayed.
• If no option name is provided, a dialog box containing general usage information for all options is displayed.

-app <setup program list>

Enables you to provide a pipe (|) delimited list of setups to run during repackaging. You can also pass command-line arguments to the setup by separating them from the setup name with a semicolon.

If entering multiple setups, proper double quoting—including escaping nested quotes—is necessary:

-app "\"exe1path\";cmdline1|\"exe2path"|...exeN; cmdlineN

-cf <config.ini>

This option allows you to select your own configuration template containing exclusions. A sample of this type of file (named Default.ini) can be found in the following directory:

[AdminStudioInstallDirectory]\Repackager

This particular file contains the default exclusion information.

-cs <configuration type>

This option allows you to select the configuration file type for exclusions. Possible values are:

• Shared—Use shared settings from those stored in the AdminStudio Shared directory.
• Custom—Use a custom configuration file (in conjunction with -cf).

-is

Regarding the Repackaging an InstallScript MSI Setup to a Basic MSI Setup procedure, use this parameter in the command line using the following syntax:

Repack.exe -app "c:\setup.exe" -o C:\apps\output -mm -is

In the above example, the user wants to repackage c:\setup.exe using the Installation Monitoring repackaging method (as specified by -mm) and InstallScript conversion (as specified by -is). Repackager would perform the InstallScript conversion process and produce a Basic MSI package with InstallScript support as output. Without the -is parameter, Repackager would perform repackaging without performing InstallScript conversion, and would only create a Repackager .inc file as the output.

Note:The command line parameter -is will be considered only if the setup to be repackaged is a InstallScript MSI setup. If user specified any other legacy setup that is not a InstallScript MSI setup then -is will be ignored.

Note:If user chooses to use the Multiple Step Snapshot repackaging method, then the -is parameter will be ignored. Even if the setup is an InstallScript MSI setup, -is will still be ignored when using the Multiple Step Snapshot repackaging method.

-mode <snapshot mode>

Repackager supports the following repackaging modes for snapshots:

• single—Single step repackaging that creates an INC file as its output.
• pre—Pre-scanning only scans the local drive for a baseline snapshot of the system.
• post—Post-scanning only scans the local drive and compares the result with the pre-scan. The differences are written to the INC file as output.

-mm

Instructs Repackager to use installation monitoring as the repackaging technology.

-ms

Instructs Repackager to use snapshots as the repackaging technology.

-o <inc path name>

Specifies a folder path not including the filename. The file name is derived from the Product Name unless overridden with the -of switch.

-of <inc file name>

Specifies the .inc file name that should be used instead of the product name. Use -o to specify the path.

-onp

When using the Installation Monitoring method via command line to perform repackaging on a 64-bit operating system, you can use the -onp command line option to cause the Installation Monitoring method to only monitor new processes created on the system and to ignore any existing/ running ones. This option is useful to optimize the monitoring process on a 64-bit operating system.

-pc <company name>

Allows you to set the company name.

-pp <product name>

Allows you to set the product name. This will be the same name as the generated Repackager output file (.inc).

-pv <product version>

Allows you to set the product version.

-sb

This option allows you to run Repackager silently, with no user interaction. A progress dialog box is displayed. If no .ini file is specified using the -i parameter, Repackager uses Repack.ini as the default input file. If an output folder is not specified using -o, the default output folder is C:\Packages.

-sn

This option allows you to run Repackager silently, with no user interaction and no progress dialog box. If no .ini file is specified using the -i parameter, Repackager uses Repack.ini as the default input file. If an output folder is not specified using -o, the default output folder is C:\Packages.

-version

This option displays standard version information for Repackager, including the full version and copyright information.

Tip:To open a help topic from the command line that lists command line options, enter the following:

repack.exe /?

Note:In addition to the - sign for command-line arguments, you can also use the / symbol.