patching a whole directory

moooster · 26th May 2004, 07:16

I've searched high and low for a complete way to do complete recursive directory patches, but have been unable to find anything. I want to be able to feed it an old directory say 'version1.3' and a new 'version1.5' dir and have it :

* patch files (using vpatch?)
* remove files that should no longer exist (vpatch doesn't do this)
* add new files (nor this)

Has someone done this with a perl script or anything?

TIA

kichik · 28th May 2004, 08:39

As the user won't have both versions on his computer, the decision of what to patch and what to remove should be done on your computer. You should therefore write a program that will create the script for you, comparing two directories. This could be done with a simple NSIS installer that gets two directories using InstallOptions and compares them (FindFirst, FindNext, FindClose, GetFileTime, IfFileExists, etc.).

moooster · 28th May 2004, 08:55

That's a neat solution I didn't think of. I've written a perl script that does the comparisons and generates the file details of a NSIS script.

Thanks for the help and a badass program.

26th May 2004, 07:16	#1
moooster Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 2	patching a whole directory I've searched high and low for a complete way to do complete recursive directory patches, but have been unable to find anything. I want to be able to feed it an old directory say 'version1.3' and a new 'version1.5' dir and have it : * patch files (using vpatch?) * remove files that should no longer exist (vpatch doesn't do this) * add new files (nor this) Has someone done this with a perl script or anything? TIA

28th May 2004, 08:39	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	As the user won't have both versions on his computer, the decision of what to patch and what to remove should be done on your computer. You should therefore write a program that will create the script for you, comparing two directories. This could be done with a simple NSIS installer that gets two directories using InstallOptions and compares them (FindFirst, FindNext, FindClose, GetFileTime, IfFileExists, etc.). NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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28th May 2004, 08:55	#3
moooster Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 2	That's a neat solution I didn't think of. I've written a perl script that does the comparisons and generates the file details of a NSIS script. Thanks for the help and a badass program.