The Deployment Template creates batch or shell scripts in the <app dir>\control of a deployed application. These scripts allow you to run baseline or partial updates on the MDEX Engine, or to retrieve or update configuration in the Endeca Configuration Repository. You can create additional scripts if necessary -- for example, if you wish to crawl a Web page prior to running the baseline_update script.

Command-line scripts, along with their input data and output directories, should be shared among development, staging and production environments.