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      How to get the latest version of ProTop

      Use the following steps to update your ProTop installation.

      NOTE: If you update to the latest version of ProTop and something in your environment is negatively affected, revert to your previous version of ProTop by following the steps in How do I restore ProTop to a pervious version?

      For versions 322 and later ...

      A. Set up your ProTop environment (PROTOPDIR/bin/protopenv[.bat])

      B. Back up your current $PROTOP installation

      C. Then run:

      pt3upd

      This will bring you up to date with the latest release.

      For versions before ProTop 322 ...

      Use the following instructions to update ProTop manually:

      A. open a shell/cmd window and cd to your ProTop installation

      B. back up your current $PROTOP installation

      C. remove any existing ProTop provided .p and .r files and the old update script

      *nix:

      find . -name "*.[rip]" -type f -delete

      and

      rm bin/pt3upd.sh

      Windows:

      del /s /q *.r
      del /s /q *.i
      del /s /q *.p

      del bin\pt3upd.bat

      D. Pull down the latest ProTop bits into your ProTop installation directory

      wget HTTP://[your ProTop portal]/pt3upd/pt.[tar.gz|.zip]

      For example:

      *nix:

      wget HTTP://demo.wss.com/pt3upd/pt.tar.gz

      Windows:

      wget HTTP://dashboard.wss.com/pt3upd/pt.zip

      E. expand the archive into your ProTop directory

      *nix:

      tar xvzf pt.tar.gz

      Windows:

      You may be able to use tar or some other form of cmd line tool:

       c:\protop> tar.exe -xf pt.zip

      Otherwise, use Windows Explorer to locate the pt.zip in your ProTop installation directory, double-click it, and expand all files into the ProTop directory.

      NOTE: If you are upgrading from a pre-322 version of ProTop and use SSL, please read this article to set up your SSL environment before running the installer. 

      F. Run the installer

      Interactive - execute: 

      pt3inst

      in your ProTop installation directory. Select the option to install for an existing custid and enter your custid when prompted (it is in etc/custid.cfg).

      Batch - Set up your Progress environment using proenv, then execute this command in your ProTop installation directory. You will not be prompted for your custid:

       _progres -1 -b -p lib/install.p -errorstack >> log/update.log 2>> tmp/pt3inst.err