Help a newbie with a url variable

[mikeparkie]

I'm getting to grips with Ketarin and its mostly excellent. I think i'm the problem.

 

I cant seem to get this package to work when i set the url up.

 

Original

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbdplus/files/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbd-0.5.6/SABnzbd-0.5.6-win32-bin.zip/download

 

I've modified to use the version:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbdplus/files/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbd-{version}/SABnzbd-{version}-win32-bin.zip/download

 

Also when i create a rule to unzip a package to a certain location, what command do i need to use to copy the extracted files to another location. e.g. i download 7zip and it saves it to "d:\my software" and extracts it to "c:\program files\{app name}" but i would also like to exract it to "d:\my portable apps"

 

Hope that makes and thanks in advance for any help.

[Tomorrow]

Use this URL:

http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbd-{version}/SABnzbd-{version}-win32-setup.exe

 

Get version number from here(Way faster than regular download page):

http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbdplus/?C=N;O=D 

- this wont load fast in browser but it will in Ketarin.

 

For 7z you can either run 2 nearly identical commands in a row:

7z x -aoa -y "{file}" -o"c:\program files\{app name}"
7z x -aoa -y "{file}" -o"d:\my portable apps" 

 

...Or you can use windows's own copy command to copy the extracted files to other places(saves time when the original archive is big and running two extractions with 7z could take time).The first line is so that the system wont prompt you to procceed in case there are multiple files.Othewise you have to manually enter Y all the time.

SET COPYCMD=/Y
copy /Z /V "source file" "destination"

[mikeparkie]

Thanks Tomorrow, the new url worked as you expected and I was able to trigger the download, so thank you very much for that.

 

I'm stuck on part two of my post. I though it more efficient to use the windows command to copy the folder and its contents but this doesnt seem to be working.

 

The package downloads and successfully extracts to "d:\ my portable apps" but the copy command doesn't copy if over to prog files.

 

Here's what I have in the commend section of the rule:

 

(1) 7z e "{file}" -o"D:\My Portable Apps\{appname}" -y

(2) SET COPYCMD=/Y

(3) copy /Z /V "D:\My Portable Apps\WinSCP" "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP"

[Tomorrow]

Thanks Tomorrow, the new url worked as you expected and I was able to trigger the download, so thank you very much for that.

 

I'm stuck on part two of my post. I though it more efficient to use the windows command to copy the folder and its contents but this doesnt seem to be working.

 

The package downloads and successfully extracts to "d:\ my portable apps" but the copy command doesn't copy if over to prog files.

 

Here's what I have in the commend section of the rule:

 

(1) 7z e "{file}" -o"D:\My Portable Apps\{appname}" -y

(2) SET COPYCMD=/Y

(3) copy /Z /V "D:\My Portable Apps\WinSCP" "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP"

Yep my fault.Copy command can only copy files not directories or directory trees.For this you need to use xcopy:

SET COPYCMD=/Y
xcopy "D:\My Portable Apps\WinSCP" "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP" /S /V /I /Z /K

 

More info on windows commands here: http://ss64.com/nt/

Edited December 28, 2010 by Tomorrow

[mikeparkie]

thanks for the follow up and sorry for my delayed reply.

 

I just want to clarify the instructions as I'm going wrong somewhere.

 

I have created a copy of my Ketarin profile so that I can play around with messing up my working version.

 

So in 3rd tab 'commands' I have the following

 

(1) 7z x "{file}" -o"D:\My Downloads\ Temp\00-Ketarin Test\My Portable Apps\{appname}" -y

(2) SET COPYCMD=/Y

(3) xcopy "{root}\My Downloads\ Temp\00-Ketarin Test\My Portable Apps\{appname}" "C:\Program Files\ztest" /S /V /I /Z

 

couple of side questions

1. Can i use {appname} in the xcopy line?

2. some websites don't contain a version, but the file version does. Can i use the 'File Version' from the 'File Property'

 

again, thanks very much for any help with this excellent app

[Tomorrow]

couple of side questions

1. Can i use {appname} in the xcopy line?

2. some websites don't contain a version, but the file version does. Can i use the 'File Version' from the 'File Property'

1. I think so.Ketarin should replace this with the actual name before passing it to xcopy.

2. Im afraid that's not possible.Atleast as far as i know.Use:

{f:dd}.{f:MM}.{f:yyyy}

instead (In {version} textual content).Note that for this to work(at the moment) the file needs to be downloaded atleast once since the date is taken from a local file.So this won't work for any new apps you create.I use this when the app does not have any coherent version number.You can use your own preffered date format by combining the commands: http://wiki.ketarin.org/index.php/Special_variables

 

EDIT: You can also set textual content to specific version number.Let's say the app does not have version number anywhere but it has progressed like 2.0 - 2.1 and so on and so you can set it to 2 or v2 to reflect the major version number.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Tomorrow

[mikeparkie]

Good shout, I'll stick with date for non version apps. Thanks for the help.

Edited January 8, 2011 by mikeparkie