Multiple files update

General Discussions
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Hi guys,

I want to create a mender artifact for an application update. The application has many files and directories. If I were to update specific files only at multiple locations, how do I do it?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Saman

2

Hi @SamanRatna you probably want something like the directory overlay update module. But depending on the details you may be better off with a custom update module for your specific use case.

3

I am not being able to understand the proper implementation of directory overlay. Can you help me grasp it?

Thanks.

Saman

4

It basically allows you to deploy files scattered throughout the filesystem. It essentially takes a tarball and extracts it so that if you have multiple subdirectories in the artifact the files within those directories will be updated.