Backup prev installed directory/subdirectorys

geirowe · 27th October 2006, 18:22

Hi,
I am trying to backup more than one direcories where each of them have more than one subdirectory all directories with several files, before installing a new patch. Anybody with an ide how I can do that?

goldy1064 · 27th October 2006, 18:38

Something like this?

code:


FUnction .onINit

  InitPluginsDir

  #discover previous $INSTDIR

  CreateDirectory "$PLUGINSDIR\backup"

  CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\*.*" "$PLUGINSDIR\backup"

  #apply patch

FunctionEnd

geirowe · 27th October 2006, 19:19

Thanks for your quick reply.

I'm still confuced.
Your scode sample did not work. I did not do anything at all. I have tried several modifications and I have also tried using IfFileExists without any success.

The $PLUGINSDIR is a temporay directory, can that be my problem?

I want to make a new directory "$INSTDIR\backup" to backup the old direcorys an files to and as I mentioned will have several directories with several subdirecories.

27th October 2006, 18:22	#1
geirowe Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	Backup prev installed directory/subdirectorys Hi, I am trying to backup more than one direcories where each of them have more than one subdirectory all directories with several files, before installing a new patch. Anybody with an ide how I can do that?

27th October 2006, 18:38	#2
goldy1064 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 211	Something like this? code: FUnction .onINit InitPluginsDir #discover previous $INSTDIR CreateDirectory "$PLUGINSDIR\backup" CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\." "$PLUGINSDIR\backup" #apply patch FunctionEnd

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27th October 2006, 19:19	#3
geirowe Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	Thanks for your quick reply. I'm still confuced. Your scode sample did not work. I did not do anything at all. I have tried several modifications and I have also tried using IfFileExists without any success. The $PLUGINSDIR is a temporay directory, can that be my problem? I want to make a new directory "$INSTDIR\backup" to backup the old direcorys an files to and as I mentioned will have several directories with several subdirecories.