--- mcore-src/trunk/mcore-tools/daemon/client/include/mage.client.class	2013/09/27 07:48:24	2095
+++ mcore-src/trunk/mcore-tools/daemon/client/include/mage.client.class	2013/09/27 07:48:56	2096
@@ -15,13 +15,20 @@
 
 help_mage_update()
 {
-	mecho "set mage.update"
+	mecho "set mage.update [rsync|tarball]"
 	mecho " fetches updates of the package database."
 }
 
 set_mage_update()
 {
-	mage update && mecho "done" || mecho "failed"
+	local method
+	case $1 in
+		tarball) method="update-tarball" ;;
+		rsync) method="update" ;;
+		*) method="update" ;;
+	esac
+
+	mage "${method}" && mecho "done" || mecho "failed"
 }
 
 get_mage_upgrade()