Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual page 109

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Option
Command line
Package
Automatically upgrade
software that has been
superseded by this software
Options on the Select software resource page (continued)
Description
Lets you select the command line to run. This list contains all the command lines
that are defined for this software resource. You can select a command line other than
the default command line that appears.
A policy that contains a custom type command line does not perform an applicability
check or compliance check. Those checks are valid only when the type of action that
the command line performs is known. Currently, the applicability check and
compliance check are run with installation and uninstall command lines only.
The additional options for selecting a command line are as follows:
Omit the command line if the package does not require one.
For example, if the package is a Word template that is placed in a directory on the
client computer but does not require installation.
Edit an existing command line before you select it.
Create a new command line.
For more information, see the topics about adding and editing command lines in
the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Warning:
Any additions or changes that you make to the command lines here are
applied to the software resource in the Software Catalog. Those changes affect any
other policies that use the changed command line.
Lets you select a package to download if the command line requires a package. The
list contains all the packages that are associated with this software resource. The
package that is defined in the command line is the default.
You can omit the package if the command line does not require one. For example, if
the command line uninstalls a package that is already on the client computer, it can
use the package ID.
Uninstalls and replaces the software that this software supersedes. Select this option
when a software upgrade requires the earlier version of the software to be uninstalled
instead of updated.
This option is available only if you meet the following conditions:
You select a software resource that supersedes other software
You select an installation command line
For this option to work, the superseded software resource must have a default uninstall
command line.
Warning:
When you uninstall software from a client computer, you can break other
applications that depend on the uninstalled software.
See "About installing software that replaces other software"
Performing advanced software deliveries
Select software resource page
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