Grab All Files

[erfg1]

Is it possible to just grab all the files in a folder and put them all into a folder on your computer through HTTP. Like just type in http://myserver.com/update and it will grab all the files from the update folder and put them in the %SourceFolder%?

It really is a hassle to always release .exe's every time I release a new file on the network. I just want this one .exe to be available and for people to grab all the new files from the network without me having to tell them to download new .exe's.

Any help, greatly appreciated.

[Steven Carr]

I assume you need to upload those files to the HTTP location - which since you have asked about this in the TrueUpdate forum you are using this tool.

You can use pre/post build operations to move and ZIP your files. This way you will know what ZIP to download via HTTP which can then be extracted automatically. TU2 will do the uploading, etc.. and the downloading extract on the client side.

I have a selection of files which are updated monthly. I use VP2 and TU2 for the task - VP2 takes about 1 minute, TU2 not much longer - and it all works smoothly. The reasons VP2 and TU2 - TU2 will download the correct file, which then has the smarts to update everything correctly.

The biggest thing to get it all running smoothly is to work out your naming/archiving conventions so they work in nicely with these tools.