Request a Bat file

[Team710]

Request help building a BAT file to read multiple folders, check for a flag, delete a file and then copy a file. Essentially want to replace a file in multiple folders once.
The folders are user’s profiles in a server. I would like to have a txt file as a flag, if exists do nothing. If it doesn’t exists replace file1 with file2
The folder is: C:\ Documents and Settings

[dbenham]

Your requirements are unclear to me.

You should provide a clearer picture of your directory structure - which folders under "c:\Documents and Settings" are you interested in

Also, for a given folder - What should the before image look like, and what should the after image look like I don't understand what you mean by replace - Do you replace the contents of file1 with the contents of file2 but preserve file1 name, or do you delete file1 and copy in file2 Is the flag file file1 or file2, or is it a 3rd file If it is a 3rd file, what process creates or deletes it, and when

Dave Benham

[Team710]

Thanks Dave.
In a nutshell, here is what I need to accomplish, all user’s profile have a file in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties. I need to parse all profiles and replace the deployment.properties file with a customized file. The flag file was to check if the deployment.properties file was already replaced and skip.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[dbenham]

The customized file will still have the same name as the original, just different content - correct

Is it possible to include the flag inside the customized file I'm thinking of some line of text that is treated as a comment that does not interfere with the functionality of the file. If the current file is missing the flag line, then we know it needs to be replaced. If it is present then we leave it alone.

Something like this:

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@echo off
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
set "replacement=CustomizedFile"
set "original=Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties"
set "flag=;This file has been updated to version xxx"

for /d %%D in ("C:\Documents and Settings\*") do (
  findstr /x /c:"%flag%" "%%D\%original%" >nul || copy /y "%replacement%" "%%D\%original%"
)

Dave Benham

[Team710]

Thanks Dave,
It seems to working but it is not leaving the file alone even though the flag line is in the file. It keeps overriding the file.

[dbenham]

It seems to working but it is not leaving the file alone even though the flag line is in the file. It keeps overriding the file.

Then its not working

It should work.
Have you verified that the flag text in the batch script exactly matches the flag text that is in the actual customized file

Dave Benham