Synchronizing a Directory in Command Line

Overview

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

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.

Optional parameters

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) as separator
/s[ilence]	No output will be generated in the console
/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