Synchronizing a Directory in Command Line

The automatic users and groups synchronization is provided by this Windows service. This service is installed by the setup pack and started automatically after installation.

The default suggested installation path is DRIVE:\Program Files\Advantys\WorkflowGen\Services\bin\WfgDirectoriesSyncService.exe.

The synchronization service can also be executed from a command line.

You must specify the /c or /console parameter.

The following parameters are optional:

Parameter	Definition
/p[ath]:location	Location of the web.config file used to synchronize (usually the WorkflowGen web.config file)
/d[irectories]:list	List of directories to synchronize; use , (comma) or ; (semicolon) for separator
/s[ilence]	No output will be generated in the console
/f[orce]	Synchronization will ignore the scheduling information and the automatic/manual parameter of the directory
/t[est]	Launch a synchronization test
/h[elp] or /?	Displays the help for console execution

If an error occurs the exit code 1 is returned, otherwise 0 is returned.

Example 1:

This will launch the directory synchronization of the WorkflowGen instance installed in the D:\inetpub\wwwroot\wfgen folder:

WfgDirectoriesSyncService.exe /c /p:D:\inetpub\wwwroot\wfgen\web.config

Example 2:

This will force the synchronization of the MyDir directory of the WorkflowGen instance installed in the D:\inetpub\wwwroot\wfgen folder:

WfgDirectoriesSyncService.exe /c /p:D:\inetpub\wwwroot\wfgen\web.config /d:MyDir /f