atomsUpdate

Arguments

name

1xn character string matrix : module's technical name

section

This argument controls the list of sections where search modules to update.

section is a single-string and its value should be :

• "all": Modules to remove are searched in both "user" and "allusers" sections.

• "allusers": Modules to remove are only searched in the "allusers" section.

• "user": Modules to remove are only searched in the "user" section.

If SCI is write accessible, "all" is the default value. Otherwise, the default value is "user".

result

matrix containing the updated toolboxes:

1st Col.	2nd Col.	3rd Col.	4th Col.	5th Col.
Technical name	Version	Installation section: this parameter determines whether the module has been installed for all users or only for the current user.	Installation path	Status: "I" stands for "Intentionally", "A" stands for "Automatically"

Description

atomsUpdate updates one or more external modules.

Examples

atomsSetConfig("Verbose","True");

// Load the test repository
exec("SCI/modules/atoms/tests/unit_tests/atomsTestUtils.sce", -1);
repository = atomsCreateTestRepository("scene10");

// Install toolbox_5V6
atomsInstall("toolbox_5V6");

disp(atomsGetInstalled());

// Load the 2nd scenario in which toolbox_4V6 has been updated:
// toolbox_4V6 version 1.1 has been added
// (toolbox_4V6 is a dependency of toolbox_5V6)

atomsRepositoryDel(repository);
repository = atomsCreateTestRepository("scene11");

// Update toolbox_5V6
atomsUpdate("toolbox_5V6");
disp(atomsGetInstalled());

// Cleaning
atomsRepositoryDel(repository);
atomsRemove("toolbox_5V6");

See also

• atomsInstall — Install one or several external modules
• atomsRemove — Remove one or several modules
• atomsGetInstalled — Get the list of installed external modules