[fpc-pascal] Methods for autoupdating fpc programs?

[Ralf Quint]

On 10/3/2015 11:30 AM, Bo Berglund wrote:
> I am wondering if there is some method to autoupdate an fpc program
> running on a RaspberryPi? It really should not matter where the fpc
> program runs but I figured the operating system has some influence, so
> let's limit this to Linux.
>
> What I would like is to endow my data collection control program on a
> Pi with the ability to check for updates on the web and then update
> itself. But I have no clue as to the best way to do this.
>
> The program will probably be started by cron every minute to check if
> it has anything to do and if so execute its data collection task and
> quit. Otherwise just quit, but here maybe also check for an update on
> the web?
> But how could one exchange a running program on the pi from within
> itself?
>
> Any common methods available somewhere?
>
Well, there is a Lazarus component for that... ;-)

http://wiki.freepascal.org/LazAutoUpdater

Ralf

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