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Batch file trouble
Name: KoolFrank87 Date: February 5, 2008 at 05:03:51 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1 Gig
Comment:
I am currently making a script that checkes for a folder or file and will install or skip depending on the result. So if program1 exists then it will goto the next line, if not then it will run the installer. This is very handy for me when working on many machines. My question is, Is it possible to check for versions? I have found a couple of the programs have INI files with the version number in it, could I use FIND to help determine if it needs to be installed?
Name: keridbey Date: February 5, 2008 at 08:41:48 Pacific
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I've used something similar in my scripts. How to do it depends on the format of the INI file. For instance:
MyINI ProgramTitle: Thingy.exe Version: 7.02 Owner: M. Nom de Plume
For something like that, I would try this:
for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%a in ('type C:\MyINI.ini ^| findstr "Version:"') do set Version=%%a if %version% EQU 6.02 start C:\MyInstaller.exe if %version% EQU 7.02 echo Version is 7.02; no install needed.
Of course, if your INI looks nothing like the one I just made up, we might have to tweak the FOR line. :)
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: February 6, 2008 at 01:31:31 Pacific
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@echo off find /i "version" < my.ini | find "7.02" > nul if not errorlevel 1 echo Version is 7.02; no install needed
===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 3
Name: KoolFrank87 Date: February 7, 2008 at 05:25:35 Pacific
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M2 your script worked perfectly. Thanks for the help. Ill be back with alot more questions :-)
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