MrWhammy
2nd June 2005 11:13 UTC

Backup of files during install
  Hi,

I have the impression backups are taken of files modified on install. I use the following code:

File /oname="${EXEC_NAME}.config" "configtemplate.txt"

    DetailPrint "Replacing connection string"
    !insertmacro ReplaceInFile "$INSTDIR\${EXEC_NAME}.config" "&ConnectionString&" $CONNECTIONSTRING
    DetailPrint "Replacing log port"
    !insertmacro ReplaceInFile "$INSTDIR\${EXEC_NAME}.config" "&LogPort&" $LogPort
    DetailPrint "Replacing log level"
    !insertmacro ReplaceInFile "$INSTDIR\${EXEC_NAME}.config" "&LogLevel&" $LogLevel

Using ReplaceInFile

This leaves an ${EXEC_NAME}.config.old behind in the ${INSTDIR}. I'm not really getting it, i'm afraid. What's happening here and how can I avoid to leave the .old-file there?

Extract: "${EXEC_NAME}.config"... 100%
Replacing connection string
Rename: ${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config->${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.old
Rename: C:\DOCUME~1\brecht\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsv8F.tmp->${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config
Replacing log port
Delete file: ${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config.old
Rename: ${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config->${INSTDIR}\XBAdmin1.1.exe.config.old
Rename: C:\DOCUME~1\brecht\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsa90.tmp->${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config
Replacing log level
Delete file: ${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config.old
Rename: ${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config->${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config.old
Rename: C:\DOCUME~1\brecht\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsa91.tmp->${INSTDIR}\${EXEC_NAME}.config
Created uninstaller: ${INSTDIR}\uninst.exe

Pidgeot
2nd June 2005 22:12 UTC

Change these two lines:

Delete"$2.old"                 ; go away, Sire

Rename"$2" "$2.old"            ; step aside, Maam 

>

to

    Delete "$2" 

That should do the trick.

MrWhammy
6th June 2005 09:46 UTC

Whoops, didn't even see that one.
Thanks a lot!