Re: How to not install a file if it exists?
Re: How to not install a file if it exists?
- Subject: Re: How to not install a file if it exists?
- From: Eli Bach <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:50:47 -0600
On Aug 24, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Howard Moon wrote:
> Maybe a stupid question, but I can't find the answer...
>
> I'm using Iceberg to create a meta-package installer, and have one component that installs a single file to the user's Application Support folder hierarchy. But if the user already has that file there, I don't want to overwrite it (because it contains user settings they might want to keep, and not get them overwritten with the default settings).
>
> How do I keep a single file from being overwritten if it already exists?
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
Common ways to do this:
-create/install the file using your application on first-run, if it finds no file present
-install the file in a temporary folder, then in a post-install script, move it to the correct location if it finds no file present
Eli
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