[File-List] Section

A [File-List] section lists the names of files to be copied, renamed, or deleted. Entries in this section have three forms, depending on the type of entry in the [Install] section that defines the section name.

A [File-List] section for a CopyFiles entry has this form:

[file-list-section]
destination-file-name,[source-file-name],[temporary-file-name]

The file-list-section name must appear in the CopyFiles entry.

destination-file-name

Name of the destination file. If no source filename is given, this is also the name of the source file.

source-file-name

Name of the source file. Required only if the source and destination names are not the same.

temporary-file-name

Name of the temporary file for the copy. Setup copies the source file but gives it the temporary filename. The next time Windows 95 starts, it renames the temporary file to the destination filename. This is useful for copying files to a destination that is currently open or in use by Windows.

The following example copies three files:

[CopyTheseFilesSec]
file11                    ; copies file11
file21, file22, file23    ; copies file22, temporarily naming it file23
file31,file32             ; copies file32 to file31

A [File-List] section for a RenFiles entry has this form:

[file-list-section]
new-file-name,old-file-name
.
.
.

The file-list-section name must appear in the RenFiles entry.

This example renames the files FILE42, FILE52, and FILE62 to FILE41, FILE51, and FILE61, respectively:

[RenameOldFilesSec]
file41,file42
file51,file52
file61,file62

A [File-List] section for a DelFiles entry has this form:

[file-list-section]
filename
.
.
.

The file-list-section name must appear in the DelFiles entry.

This example deletes three files:

[DeleteOldFilesSec]
file1
file2
file3

In the preceding examples, the given filenames are assumed to have been defined in the [SourceDisksFiles] section and the logical disk numbers that appear in this section have been defined in the [SourceDisksNames] section.