Remote Update Tool

RUT has 2 modes: console and Swing gui. To run console version, invoke following command in terminal:

java -jar rut.jar

To run gui version:

java -jar rut.jar -gui

Windows version (rut.exe) runs in gui mode by default.

Setting.xml has following options:

• current-version: Current version of application on client computer, changes automatically after updating.
• remote-version-file: Txt file, which contains last version of application (e.g. 0.2) on remote server.
• remote-file: File on remote server, which should be downloaded in the updating process.
• run-command: Console command, which will be invoked after updating, e.g. it can run the downloaded file.

Example:

<settings>
     <current-version>0.1</current-version>
     <remote-version-file>
          http://example.com/version.txt
     </remote-version-file>
     <remote-file>
          http://example.com/file.jar
     </remote-file>
     <run-command>
          java -jar file.jar
     </run-command>
</settings>

http://example.com/version.txt contains "0.2" (without quotes). After updating, current-version changes to 0.2 and file.jar runs.