Req: batch unzip -> execute -> delete

[Thorsten Duhn]

Hello,

what I'm looking for is the simplest solution to a specific
task. I have a program which needs to be installed from a
bunch of zips. I must unzip one (to TEMP), execute setup (exe
name varies), and can remove temp files now. Then next file
needs the same procedure. What may be the easiest way to do
this? Is there something better than batch?

Regards,
Thorsten

 

[Al Klein]

what I'm looking for is the simplest solution to a specific
task. I have a program which needs to be installed from a
bunch of zips. I must unzip one (to TEMP), execute setup (exe
name varies), and can remove temp files now. Then next file
needs the same procedure. What may be the easiest way to do
this? Is there something better than batch?

I'd run them into WinZip one at a time. Since this is acf, not acs, I
guess 7zip would do as well.

Just drag & drop, run setup.exe, drag & drop the next one, rinse and
repeat.

 

[Thorsten Duhn]

Hello,

I'd run them into WinZip one at a time. Since this is acf,
not acs, I guess 7zip would do as well.

Just drag & drop, run setup.exe, drag & drop the next one,
rinse and repeat.

that misses the "batch" I wrote into subject of my topic.

The order of to install files is relevant, there are several
files to install, I want to do this on different systems (without
caring, which zipper is available) etc. So I want to get away
from this manual work.

Regards,
Thorsten

 

[Al Klein]

Hello,


that misses the "batch" I wrote into subject of my topic.

The order of to install files is relevant, there are several
files to install, I want to do this on different systems (without
caring, which zipper is available) etc. So I want to get away
from this manual work.

Well ... at the risk of sounding old ... PKUNZIP would do that from a
batch file, as long as you knew the names of the executables that had
to be run after unzipping. Just unzip the file from ..\, run the
setup file, with fallthrough to the next line on error if there was
more than just setup.exe, delete everything, loop until the batch file
ran out of zip files to process.