Hello,
Is it possible to REPLACE a file via a batch file BASED on the file version. I currently have an .exe v1 on every pc in the company which I need to replace with .exe v2. I need to deploy this file via ACTIVE directory in the startup SCRIPT. The first version I sent out was sent out with this batch file

@echo off

if EXIST c:\server.exe goto end
xcopy /Y \\Server1\xml\server.exe c:\
c:\xmlserver.exe
endif

:end
exit

I now need to replace this .exe with a new one.There are many ways to do this, this one might be the simplest:

Code: [Select]Const OverwriteExisting = TRUE

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set objLocalFile = objFSO.GetFile("c:\server.exe")
dtmLocalDate = objLocalFile.DateLastModified

Set objServerFile = objFSO.GetFile("\\server1\xml\server.exe")
dtmServerDate = objServerFile.DateLastModified

If dtmLocalDate < dtmServerDate Then
objFSO.CopyFile objServerFile.Path, objLocalFile.Path, OverwriteExisting
End If

Save file with a vbs extension and run as cscript scriptname.vbs.

Curious though, how did your batch file run, considering batch does not support if/endif constructs?

The File System Object has other methods to compare actual file versions instead of dates. Let us know if you need help with that.

Hope this helps. 8-)