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: Howard Moon <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:27:19 -0700
>
>> 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).
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>> How do I keep a single file from being overwritten if it already exists?
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>> Thanks,
>> Howard
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> Common ways to do this:
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> -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
>
Where can I find info on how to do that 2nd method? I've done very little script writing (but am familiar with working at the command-line level). But I don't know how to use Iceberg to put the file into a temporary directory in the first place. Are there any good web sources for examples of doing this?
Thanks for any help...
-Howard
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