Overview

If you have written or used scripts with prior releases of Rational Synergy, review the following sections for possible changes required for those scripts. When reviewing your scripts, make them as portable as possible to minimize any changes that might be required in a future release. Rational strives to make the CLI compatible with later versions with each Rational Synergy release. However, this situation is not always possible when major new features or capabilities are provided in the new release.

New features

Rational Synergy 7.0 introduced a new CLI for use with Web mode. The new CLI is referred to as the Synergy CLI, and the CLI from previous releases is now referred to as the Classic CLI. For more information about the Synergy CLI and Web mode, see the Release 7.0 Readme. If you are interested in porting your existing scripts to use the Synergy CLI rather than the Classic CLI, check the Rational Synergy Support site for additional information.

The Classic CLI was extended in Rational Synergy 7.1, but existing commands were not changed. Therefore, when upgrading from 6.5 or 7.0 to 7.1, your scripts might not need significant changes. Even if your scripts do not require changes, test them carefully with 7.1.

If you are upgrading from Release 6.4, Rational Synergy Release 6.5 introduced new commands, new command options, and new query functions and keywords. Although it is not always necessary to update your scripts to take advantage of these new features, doing so might make your scripts simpler, easier to maintain, and faster. Review the Readme for a description of new features in 6.5.

Changes to existing scripts

The following topics are discussed in this section:


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