Deployment of an (.ini) file to C:\ in a 80 Domain clients
Hello,
I have a file (abc.ini) that i want to deploy in 80 Domain client (domain running on windows 2003 R2)
I was wondering if any one has a script that can do that by copying the file from a network shared folder to the client machines and the script will check if the file already exists, if it exists it should over write it with the new (.ini) file.
We currently have an application that uses the (.ini) file to determine some settings and we want to change these settings from time to time, and it's very hard to do it every time manualy, as also the users dont have permisions to change it and an administrator should do it.
I have a file (abc.ini) that i want to deploy in 80 Domain client (domain running on windows 2003 R2)
I was wondering if any one has a script that can do that by copying the file from a network shared folder to the client machines and the script will check if the file already exists, if it exists it should over write it with the new (.ini) file.
We currently have an application that uses the (.ini) file to determine some settings and we want to change these settings from time to time, and it's very hard to do it every time manualy, as also the users dont have permisions to change it and an administrator should do it.
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Draxonic
If you need admin permissions to do it, put it in the computer startup script instead.
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I'm not really a VB programer, can any one help putting the above in a VB Script !
this is the details that i have
copy /-Y \\dcsrv\Deployment\test.in
Source: \\dcsrv\Deployment\test.in
Destination: C:\Epro
thanks
this is the details that i have
copy /-Y \\dcsrv\Deployment\test.in
Source: \\dcsrv\Deployment\test.in
Destination: C:\Epro
thanks
It doesn't need to be VB, you can just do this as a batch file using the command you just put in the post above...
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I tried it and it worked, but i have 2 questions:
- When i re-run it again i get the command prompt and it asks me if i want to overright the file or not ( i believe with the /-Y switch it should do it without asking), but still it's asking! will that be the case also if i run it as a (Computer) startup script! or it will over write it when it's on startup script!
- if i want to delete the file that has been copied , how to do that with the same method !
Thanks in advance
- When i re-run it again i get the command prompt and it asks me if i want to overright the file or not ( i believe with the /-Y switch it should do it without asking), but still it's asking! will that be the case also if i run it as a (Computer) startup script! or it will over write it when it's on startup script!
- if i want to delete the file that has been copied , how to do that with the same method !
Thanks in advance
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To delete the INI file
Cheers,
Rene
Cheers,
Rene
@ECHO OFF
REM ASSUMING THAT ALL OF YOUR PCs STARTS WITH \\PC
SETLOCAL enabledelayedexpansion
REM THE LOG FILE WILL HAVE THE SAME NAME AS THE BATCH FILE BUT WITH THE .LOG EXTENSION
SET LogFile=%~n0_DeleteINI.log
IF EXIST %LogFile% DEL %LogFile%
FOR /F %%A IN ('NET VIEW ^| FINDSTR -i "\\PC"') DO (
DEL /f /q "%%A\C$\IniFileFolder\abc.ini"
IF !errorlevel! == 0 (ECHO %%A OK >>%LogFile%) ELSE (ECHO %%A ERROR >>%LogFile%)
)
ECHO.
PAUSE
EXITASKER
ReneGe,
Can you clarify that script, i couldnt make it work,
shout i put it in a file and save it as .BAT or Vbs!!! and how to define the following:
File name to be copied
File source (Shared location)
Destination
i'm sorry but i couldnt understand it well as i'm not really a programmer
Kindly advise
Can you clarify that script, i couldnt make it work,
shout i put it in a file and save it as .BAT or Vbs!!! and how to define the following:
File name to be copied
File source (Shared location)
Destination
i'm sorry but i couldnt understand it well as i'm not really a programmer
Kindly advise
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stalliondz,
I'm as well sorry that it's taken me so long to reply.
1) Put it in a .bat file
2) File name to be copied: Replace abc.ini by the path and name of your INI file
3) Destination:
"%%A\C$\IniFileFolder"
"%%A" : Will be the computer name found in the 'NET VIEW ^| FINDSTR -i "\\PC"', where in this case, will be all the computer names starting with "\\PC". Customize it according to your environment.
IniFileFolder : Is a folder in your destination PCs. Customize it according to your needs.
@Draxonic
Your comment looks interresting. Going to bed. I'll read it later.
Cheers,
Rene
I'm as well sorry that it's taken me so long to reply.
1) Put it in a .bat file
2) File name to be copied: Replace abc.ini by the path and name of your INI file
3) Destination:
"%%A\C$\IniFileFolder"
"%%A" : Will be the computer name found in the 'NET VIEW ^| FINDSTR -i "\\PC"', where in this case, will be all the computer names starting with "\\PC". Customize it according to your environment.
IniFileFolder : Is a folder in your destination PCs. Customize it according to your needs.
@Draxonic
Your comment looks interresting. Going to bed. I'll read it later.
Cheers,
Rene