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The `skeleton.exe` utility is used to manage directory structure templates. Using this utility, you can perform the following tasks: - installing a template on a client account from a file - resetting a template on a client account to the Plesk default template

## Location `%plesk_cli%`

## Usage

skeleton.exe <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

## Example The following command installs a virtual host template from the file `D:\skeletons\siteskeleton` (in the ZIP format) for the client with the login name *JDoe*:

plesk bin skeleton.exe --install JDoe -filename D:\skeletons\siteskeleton -force-type zip

## Commands

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
--install or -i	<client login name>	Installs a virtual host template from a file for a client account. Requires the -filename option.	To install a virtual host template from the file D:\skeletons\siteskeleton.zip for the client with the login name JDoe: plesk bin skeleton.exe --install JDoe -filename D:\skeletons\siteskeleton -force-type zip or plesk bin skeleton.exe -i JDoe -filename siteskeleton -force-type zip
--reset or -r	<client login name>	Installs the Plesk default virtual host template for a client account.	To install the default virtual host template for the client with the login name JDoe: plesk bin skeleton.exe --reset JDoe or plesk bin skeleton.exe -r JDoe
--help or -h		Displays help on the use of the utility.	To view help on the use of the utility: plesk bin skeleton.exe --help or plesk bin skeleton.exe -h

## Options

Option	Parameter	Description	Example
-filename	<file path>	Specifies a path to a virtual host template. Used with the --install only.	To install a virtual host template from the file D:\skeletons\siteskeleton (in the ZIP format) for the client with the login name JDoe: plesk bin skeleton.exe -i JDoe -filename D:\skeletons\siteskeleton -force-type zip
-force-type	zip|tgz|tar.gz|tar	Forces specification of a template file format. Used with the --install option only.