[fpc-pascal] GetTempFileName in Linux

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Tomas Hajny wrote:

> On 7 Oct 10, at 23:44, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Micha Nelissen wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>>> Yes, but if the administrator must update 20 PCs manually every 2 weeks,
>>>> he quickly complains that he has better things to do, so it must be done
>>>> when the 'ordinary' user uses the application.
>>>
>>> Aren't there automation systems for this? Just like debian's 'apt-get update
>>> && upgrade' with a custom repository with your software? But then for windows
>>> I presume?
>>
>> I haven't seen any yet. The main problem is that the update isn't
>> 'optional' or 'to be scheduled at X every night'.
>> It must be done when the server application says it is time to do so.
>
> Well, I believe that the proper solution for this issue for Windows
> (fulfilling your needs) would be probably using a service running
> under an administrator account and installed together with the
> application. The service itself should be rather simple / generic in
> order not to have to update the service too. This service can check
> availability of a newer version periodically while the PC is running
> but the application is not (in order to avoid the user having to wait
> for the update on startup of the application) or do it on demand when
> triggered to do so by the application (using some sort of IPC).

That was my idea as well.

Michael.