JayKing
8th October 2001 10:43 UTC

Backup?
Ok i have one question..

Once I have the install directory how can I

Copy files from it to another directory to back them up?

Olfred
8th October 2001 19:17 UTC

copy and paste :P

JayKing
8th October 2001 20:43 UTC

Ha ha very funny.. no really here is my code what's wrong

Section "Back up"
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\OALBK
CopyFiles "blah.ocx" "bo.dll" 0
SectionEnd

it doesnt work..

Olfred
9th October 2001 00:15 UTC

hmmm try

Section "Back up"
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\OALBK
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\OALBK\blah.ocx" "$INSTDIR\OALBK\bo.dll" 0
SectionEnd

i hope it works, i am only a beginner.

DuaneJeffers
9th October 2001 04:27 UTC

Yea, Olfred, that should do it.

-Duane

JayKing
9th October 2001 05:16 UTC

That doesnt make sence tho the back up directory doesnt exist yet and even if it did the files arnt in the back up directory yet so how/why would I copy and paste them back into the same dir.?


Section "Back up"
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\OAL_BK
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\advert.ocm" "$INSTDIR\aimres.dll" "$INSTDIR\aim.odl 0
SectionEnd

This looks right..

Gonzotek
9th October 2001 17:00 UTC

CopyFiles path_of_file_or_wildcard_on_destination_system destination_path size_of_files_in_kb
Copies files from the source to the destination on the installing system. Useful with $EXEDIR if you want to copy from installation media, or to copy from one place to another on the system. Uses SHFileOperation, so the user might see a status window of the copy operation if it is large. The last parameter specifies how big the copy is (in kilobytes), so that the installer can approximate the disk space requirements.

Section "Back up" 
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\OAL_BK 
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\advert.ocm" "INSTDIR\OAL_BK" 0
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\aimres.dll" "INSTDIR\OAL_BK" 0
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\aim.odl" "INSTDIR\OAL_BK" 0
SectionEnd

...
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\a*.*" "INSTDIR\OAL_BK" 0
...