Command Line - how to tell if GET pulled any files?

ssinger · Post by **ssinger** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:19 am

I am using Vault 2.03(2174). Is there a way to tell if a GET command has actually any copied any source to my working directory? My goal is automatically run a .bat file every night to pull any new source. Then check a return code or something in DOS and run MSBuild to compile the source, if needed.

If anyone has any better suggestions or ideas, then pass them on!

Thank you,

SteveS

Post by **jclausius** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:23 am

Off the top of my head - Could you use the "IF EXIST filename" within a .bat or .cmd for this?

ssinger · Post by **ssinger** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:32 am

"If Exist" indicates whether a file exists or not. I need to know if there were changes to the file. Does Vault.exe set the error level if there are not any files that are copied? In dos, it would read

IF ERRORLEVEL == "1"

Make sense?

Post by **jclausius** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:43 am

I thought you were asking if there was a way to tell if a "GET command copied any source to my working directory?"

What you reallly want is a way to tell if a Get copied any *NEW* source to the working folder.

You could use VAULT.EXE LISTFOLDER before the get, and VAULT.EXE LISTFOLDER after the get, and then compare the results.