site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com —IWC _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... On Dec 6, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: At 11:45 AM -0800 12/6/06, Jim Brown wrote: Does anyone know what the default for overwriting existing files is? And where it is controlled in the gui interface? Is there any documentation that describes this? The default is to overwrite existing files. There is no flag to control this, the installer will always overwrite existing files if the installer has the permissions to do so. Sounds like you'll have to resort to a postflight that drops the file into place if it doesn't already exist. Remember to play nice and use the $2 (or $3) variable [1] to determine the correct destination. [1] http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/ Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution/Install_Operations/ chapter_8_section_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000145i-CH14- DontLinkElementID_9 This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com