When the destination file doesn't exist, xcopy will prompt and wait with: Does C:\Program Files\ShawnCo\TestApp.exe.config.bak specify a file name or directory name on the target (F = file, D = directory)?
"echo f | xcopy" pipes the 'f' character to xcopy, essentially auto completing the prompt so the user doesn't have to enter anything. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > What does the "echo f | xcopy" do? Can't you just use the xcopy? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Dwyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 September 2008 18:27 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using cmd in a CustomAction > > Thanks Neil, good point. On the command line, > > if I execute: > for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in (*.config) do ( > echo f > | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" ) > echo %ERRORLEVEL% gives me 0. > > if I execute: > cmd /q /e:on /k "for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in > (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )" > echo %ERRORLEVEL% gives me 0. Also after I exit that instance of cmd > echo > %ERRORLEVEL% is still 0. > > if I execute: > cmd /q /e:on /c "for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in > (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )" > echo %ERRORLEVEL% gives me 6553692. I couldn't seem to find this error > online anywhere. > > I suppose I could set it to ignore the return code, but then I won't > catch > any real errors. > > Any ideas? Is there a better way to do this? I could write a c++ > custom > action for this, but I'd like to understand whats going if possible. > > Thanks, > > Shawn > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Neil Sleightholm > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > I posted this last week but it didn't seem to get on this list: > > > > When you say that the command works ok from the command line have you > > checked the value of "%errorlevel%" after running it, this is the > value > > that windows installer would check to indicate and error. It rings a > > bell that "for" returns a non zero value. > > > > Neil > > > > Neil Sleightholm > > X2 Systems Limited > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shawn Dwyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 23 September 2008 17:54 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using cmd in a CustomAction > > > > Anyone have any ideas why I'm getting an error? Is there a better way > > to > > achieve this? > > Thanks, > > > > Shawn > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Shawn Dwyer > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > We are preparing to release the next version of our product, which > > will > > > completely remove all previous versions. However, before > uninstalling > > we > > > want to back up all the configuration files for the user. To > > accomplish > > > this I thought I'd just use cmd.exe and a simple 'for' command to > > make a > > > copy of all the files. Here is the magic: > > > > > > <CustomAction Id="SetPathToCmd" Property="Cmd" > > > Value="[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /> > > > <CustomAction Id="BackUpConfigFiles" Property="Cmd" ExeCommand="/q > > /e:on /c > > > "for /r "[INSTALLDIR]" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | > > xcopy > > > /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )"" /> > > > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > > <Custom Action="SetPathToCmd" Sequence="100">NOT Cmd</Custom> > > > <Custom Action="BackUpConfigFiles" After="SetPathToCmd" /> > > > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > > > The custom action runs and successfully copies all the files, > however > > the > > > install fails with minimal information shown below. I thought I'd > > change > > > the /c (exit cmd when done) with /k (leave cmd open) to see what > > errors it > > > might have, but with /k there are no errors in the command window, > and > > when > > > I close it the installer finishes successfully. Also if I copy and > > paste > > > this into a command window everything runs fine as expected. Any > > ideas on > > > what might be going wrong or how I can do this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:16:479]: Doing action: BackUpConfigFiles > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:16:479]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText > > > Action start 1:34:16: BackUpConfigFiles. > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:17:229]: Note: 1: 1722 2: BackUpConfigFiles > 3: > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe 4: /q /e:on /c "for /r "C:\Program > > > Files\ShawnCo\BackUpConfigTest\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | > xcopy > > /q /y > > > "%f" "%f.bak" )" > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:17:229]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:17:229]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT > > > `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1722 > > > MSI (c) (90:F0) [01:34:17:244]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, > Ret=0, > > Font: > > > Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg > > > Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. > A > > > program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact > > your > > > support personnel or package vendor. Action BackUpConfigFiles, > > location: > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe, command: /q /e:on /c "for /r > "C:\Program > > > Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y > "%f" > > > "%f.bak" )" > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:18:745]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:18:745]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT > > > `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709 > > > MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:18:745]: Product: BackUpConfigTest -- Error > > 1722. > > > There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program > run > > as > > > part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support > > personnel > > > or package vendor. Action BackUpConfigFiles, location: > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe, command: /q /e:on /c "for /r > "C:\Program > > > Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y > "%f" > > > "%f.bak" )" > > > > > > Action ended 1:34:18: BackUpConfigFiles. Return value 3. > > > Action ended 1:34:18: INSTALL. 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