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From: Eep² on 22 May 2010 22:49 On May 22, 5:52 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:30:01 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> > wrote: > > >On May 20, 5:32 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: > >> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:09:37 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> > >> wrote: > > >> >I have a McAfee VirusScan DAT updater called MCUP (McAfee DAT Updater, > >> >http://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.zip) (readme athttp://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.txt > >> >) which I've been using since 2003, that stopped working after April > >> >2, 2010 (when McAfee changed their antivirus DAT zip file name--avv- > >> >dat####.tar now) and contents). It no longer works so I'm back to > >> >manually downloading DAT files for the command-line version (I refuse > >> >to have the bloatware GUI AntiVirus constantly running in the > >> >background). Can anyone can create a program to download the latest > >> >DAT file athttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/or > >> >ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/(nowonly has a tar > >> >file--no zip--but the SuperDAT exe can be manually extracted via "/e" > >> >switch for its DATs) and verify it against the current DATs so they > >> >are not mindlessly redownloaded? I have command-line wget and unzip > >> >programs and use a batch file to rename and move the DATs. Even better > >> >would be to use the incremental DAT updates inhttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/ > >> >(*.gem files) instead of having to download the obnoxiously large > >> >~70MB (and growing with each update) compiled DAT file. > > >> >Thanks! > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.anti-virus/browse_thread/thre.... > >> >to see the original thread and a more recent thread on McAfee's site > >> >(no response so far) athttp://community.mcafee.com/thread/24897 > > >> Here you go, > > >> ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) > >> [01] @echo off > >> [02] pushd . > >> [03] cd /d "D:\Download\AV\mcafee" > >> [04] if /i arg%1 == arg/nodl goto :NODL > >> [05] wget -N -q --connect-timeout=15 --read-timeout=20 > >> "ftp://ftp.nai.com//pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/sdat*.exe" > >> [06] :NODL > >> [07] dir /b /aa sdat*.exe >mcaf.lst 2>&1 > >> [08] if errorlevel 1 goto :END > >> [09] for /f %%x in (mcaf.lst) do @if exist %%x start "" /wait %%x /e > >> %temp%\latest > >> [10] if exist %temp%\latest\. (xxcopy /v2 /da /zs /q3 /y > >> %temp%\latest\*.* C:\mcafee\) else (echo Some kind of error occurred.) > >> [11] rd /s /q %temp%\latest > >> [12] for /f %%d in ('dir /b /a-a sdat*.exe') do if exist "%%d" del "%%d" > >> [13] attrib -a sdat*.exe > >> [14] del mcaf.lst > >> [15] rem C:\util\contig153.exe -q C:\mcafee\*.* >NUL > >> [16] :END > >> [17] popd > >> ===== End batch clip > > >If I understand the batch file, it still has to download sdat*.exe > >first before checking if it's different from the existing DAT file. > >Any way for it to remember the current version and check the ftp > >directory like MCUP does? > > Not quite. > > The first time it runs it will download sdat*.exe to its local home > directory ("D:\Download\AV\mcafee"). That local file stays there (until > it is deleted in a future run). On subsequent runs it uses wget.exe's -N > switch to not download the same version/file again. > > Then, by evaluating the archive bit of the existing sdat*.exe, it uses > the sdat*.exe filename version string (extracted to mcaf.lst) to process > the latest sdat version available by running it with the /e switch to a > temp directory. It then copies all the new data to the live mcafee > location and removes the temp contents and location. > > It then removes any sdat*.exe local file that remain from a previous > download and finally, flips the archive bit of the latest local > sdat*.exe so that it can direct processing when it downloads a new > sdat*.exe next time. > > I originally put it together after being unsatisfied with MCUP some time > ago and has worked well for me anyway. OK, so it needs the bloatware 75MB+ sdat*.exe to remain instead of being able to look up just the version/date instead in a much smaller text file? :/
From: charles on 23 May 2010 09:35 On Sat, 22 May 2010 19:49:18 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOSPAM(a)tnlc.com> wrote: >On May 22, 5:52 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:30:01 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> >> wrote: >> >> >On May 20, 5:32 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:09:37 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >I have a McAfee VirusScan DAT updater called MCUP (McAfee DAT Updater, >> >> >http://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.zip) (readme athttp://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.txt >> >> >) which I've been using since 2003, that stopped working after April >> >> >2, 2010 (when McAfee changed their antivirus DAT zip file name--avv- >> >> >dat####.tar now) and contents). It no longer works so I'm back to >> >> >manually downloading DAT files for the command-line version (I refuse >> >> >to have the bloatware GUI AntiVirus constantly running in the >> >> >background). Can anyone can create a program to download the latest >> >> >DAT file athttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/or >> >> >ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/(nowonly has a tar >> >> >file--no zip--but the SuperDAT exe can be manually extracted via "/e" >> >> >switch for its DATs) and verify it against the current DATs so they >> >> >are not mindlessly redownloaded? I have command-line wget and unzip >> >> >programs and use a batch file to rename and move the DATs. Even better >> >> >would be to use the incremental DAT updates inhttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/ >> >> >(*.gem files) instead of having to download the obnoxiously large >> >> >~70MB (and growing with each update) compiled DAT file. >> >> >> >Thanks! >> >> >> >http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.anti-virus/browse_thread/thre... >> >> >to see the original thread and a more recent thread on McAfee's site >> >> >(no response so far) athttp://community.mcafee.com/thread/24897 >> >> >> Here you go, >> >> >> ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) >> >> [01] @echo off >> >> [02] pushd . >> >> [03] cd /d "D:\Download\AV\mcafee" >> >> [04] if /i arg%1 == arg/nodl goto :NODL >> >> [05] wget -N -q --connect-timeout=15 --read-timeout=20 >> >> "ftp://ftp.nai.com//pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/sdat*.exe" >> >> [06] :NODL >> >> [07] dir /b /aa sdat*.exe >mcaf.lst 2>&1 >> >> [08] if errorlevel 1 goto :END >> >> [09] for /f %%x in (mcaf.lst) do @if exist %%x start "" /wait %%x /e >> >> %temp%\latest >> >> [10] if exist %temp%\latest\. (xxcopy /v2 /da /zs /q3 /y >> >> %temp%\latest\*.* C:\mcafee\) else (echo Some kind of error occurred.) >> >> [11] rd /s /q %temp%\latest >> >> [12] for /f %%d in ('dir /b /a-a sdat*.exe') do if exist "%%d" del "%%d" >> >> [13] attrib -a sdat*.exe >> >> [14] del mcaf.lst >> >> [15] rem C:\util\contig153.exe -q C:\mcafee\*.* >NUL >> >> [16] :END >> >> [17] popd >> >> ===== End batch clip >> >> >If I understand the batch file, it still has to download sdat*.exe >> >first before checking if it's different from the existing DAT file. >> >Any way for it to remember the current version and check the ftp >> >directory like MCUP does? >> >> Not quite. >> >> The first time it runs it will download sdat*.exe to its local home >> directory ("D:\Download\AV\mcafee"). That local file stays there (until >> it is deleted in a future run). On subsequent runs it uses wget.exe's -N >> switch to not download the same version/file again. >> >> Then, by evaluating the archive bit of the existing sdat*.exe, it uses >> the sdat*.exe filename version string (extracted to mcaf.lst) to process >> the latest sdat version available by running it with the /e switch to a >> temp directory. It then copies all the new data to the live mcafee >> location and removes the temp contents and location. >> >> It then removes any sdat*.exe local file that remain from a previous >> download and finally, flips the archive bit of the latest local >> sdat*.exe so that it can direct processing when it downloads a new >> sdat*.exe next time. >> >> I originally put it together after being unsatisfied with MCUP some time >> ago and has worked well for me anyway. > >OK, so it needs the bloatware 75MB+ sdat*.exe to remain instead of >being able to look up just the version/date instead in a much smaller >text file? :/ Well yes. About 70MB of storage for the sdat*.exe file. I had originally worked up a version/filename scheme but it got complicated if you missed an update, etc. And even if you do go through the processing to sort it out, you still have to download the update. I bit the bullet and spent the money to expand my storage infrastructure. :) Well anyway thanks for getting me to look at the program again after a long while. I had forgotten that each run of sdat*.exe appends 5 lines to its running log file. Add the following 2 lines at the indicated positions to my original .bat to maintain a constant 10 run history. ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) [14.1] tail.exe -n 50 SuperDAT.log >SuperDAT.tmp [14.2] move /y SuperDAT.tmp SuperDAT.log ===== End batch clip And here's a bonus .bat to see what version is installed on your machine. ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) [01] @echo off [02] for /f "tokens=1-4" %%a in ('grep.exe "Network Associates" "C:\mcafee\Sdatpack.lst"') do @printf.exe "McAfee SuperDAT Update %%c %%d - \c" [03] finfo.exe -d "DDDD, MMM-DD-YYYY" "C:\mcafee\Sdatpack.lst" ===== End batch clip batfile components: grep.exe, tail.exe and printf.exe - GNUWIN32 tools http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ xxcopy.exe - http://www.xxcopy.com/ finfo.exe - Bill Stewart's Shell Scripting Toolkit http://www.westmesatech.com/sst.html attrib.exe - standard MS Windows distribution contig.exe - MS Windows Sysinternals utility http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/
From: Eep² on 23 May 2010 19:07 On May 23, 6:35 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2010 19:49:18 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> > wrote: > > > > >On May 22, 5:52 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: > >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:30:01 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> > >> wrote: > > >> >On May 20, 5:32 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:09:37 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> >I have a McAfee VirusScan DAT updater called MCUP (McAfee DAT Updater, > >> >> >http://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.zip) (readme athttp://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.txt > >> >> >) which I've been using since 2003, that stopped working after April > >> >> >2, 2010 (when McAfee changed their antivirus DAT zip file name--avv- > >> >> >dat####.tar now) and contents). It no longer works so I'm back to > >> >> >manually downloading DAT files for the command-line version (I refuse > >> >> >to have the bloatware GUI AntiVirus constantly running in the > >> >> >background). Can anyone can create a program to download the latest > >> >> >DAT file athttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/or > >> >> >ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/(nowonlyhas a tar > >> >> >file--no zip--but the SuperDAT exe can be manually extracted via "/e" > >> >> >switch for its DATs) and verify it against the current DATs so they > >> >> >are not mindlessly redownloaded? I have command-line wget and unzip > >> >> >programs and use a batch file to rename and move the DATs. Even better > >> >> >would be to use the incremental DAT updates inhttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/ > >> >> >(*.gem files) instead of having to download the obnoxiously large > >> >> >~70MB (and growing with each update) compiled DAT file. > > >> >> >Thanks! > > >> >> >http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.anti-virus/browse_thread/thre... > >> >> >to see the original thread and a more recent thread on McAfee's site > >> >> >(no response so far) athttp://community.mcafee.com/thread/24897 > > >> >> Here you go, > > >> >> ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) > >> >> [01] @echo off > >> >> [02] pushd . > >> >> [03] cd /d "D:\Download\AV\mcafee" > >> >> [04] if /i arg%1 == arg/nodl goto :NODL > >> >> [05] wget -N -q --connect-timeout=15 --read-timeout=20 > >> >> "ftp://ftp.nai.com//pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/sdat*.exe" > >> >> [06] :NODL > >> >> [07] dir /b /aa sdat*.exe >mcaf.lst 2>&1 > >> >> [08] if errorlevel 1 goto :END > >> >> [09] for /f %%x in (mcaf.lst) do @if exist %%x start "" /wait %%x /e > >> >> %temp%\latest > >> >> [10] if exist %temp%\latest\. (xxcopy /v2 /da /zs /q3 /y > >> >> %temp%\latest\*.* C:\mcafee\) else (echo Some kind of error occurred.) > >> >> [11] rd /s /q %temp%\latest > >> >> [12] for /f %%d in ('dir /b /a-a sdat*.exe') do if exist "%%d" del "%%d" > >> >> [13] attrib -a sdat*.exe > >> >> [14] del mcaf.lst > >> >> [15] rem C:\util\contig153.exe -q C:\mcafee\*.* >NUL > >> >> [16] :END > >> >> [17] popd > >> >> ===== End batch clip > > >> >If I understand the batch file, it still has to download sdat*.exe > >> >first before checking if it's different from the existing DAT file. > >> >Any way for it to remember the current version and check the ftp > >> >directory like MCUP does? > > >> Not quite. > > >> The first time it runs it will download sdat*.exe to its local home > >> directory ("D:\Download\AV\mcafee"). That local file stays there (until > >> it is deleted in a future run). On subsequent runs it uses wget.exe's -N > >> switch to not download the same version/file again. > > >> Then, by evaluating the archive bit of the existing sdat*.exe, it uses > >> the sdat*.exe filename version string (extracted to mcaf.lst) to process > >> the latest sdat version available by running it with the /e switch to a > >> temp directory. It then copies all the new data to the live mcafee > >> location and removes the temp contents and location. > > >> It then removes any sdat*.exe local file that remain from a previous > >> download and finally, flips the archive bit of the latest local > >> sdat*.exe so that it can direct processing when it downloads a new > >> sdat*.exe next time. > > >> I originally put it together after being unsatisfied with MCUP some time > >> ago and has worked well for me anyway. > > >OK, so it needs the bloatware 75MB+ sdat*.exe to remain instead of > >being able to look up just the version/date instead in a much smaller > >text file? :/ > > Well yes. About 70MB of storage for the sdat*.exe file. I had originally > worked up a version/filename scheme but it got complicated if you missed > an update, etc. And even if you do go through the processing to sort it > out, you still have to download the update. I bit the bullet and spent > the money to expand my storage infrastructure. :) > > Well anyway thanks for getting me to look at the program again after a > long while. I had forgotten that each run of sdat*.exe appends 5 lines > to its running log file. Add the following 2 lines at the indicated > positions to my original .bat to maintain a constant 10 run history. > > ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) > [14.1] tail.exe -n 50 SuperDAT.log >SuperDAT.tmp > [14.2] move /y SuperDAT.tmp SuperDAT.log > ===== End batch clip > > And here's a bonus .bat to see what version is installed on your > machine. > > ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) > [01] @echo off > [02] for /f "tokens=1-4" %%a in ('grep.exe "Network Associates" > "C:\mcafee\Sdatpack.lst"') do @printf.exe "McAfee SuperDAT Update %%c > %%d - \c" > [03] finfo.exe -d "DDDD, MMM-DD-YYYY" "C:\mcafee\Sdatpack.lst" > ===== End batch clip > > batfile components: > > grep.exe, tail.exe and printf.exe - GNUWIN32 toolshttp://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ > xxcopy.exe -http://www.xxcopy.com/ > finfo.exe - Bill Stewart's Shell Scripting Toolkithttp://www.westmesatech..com/sst.html > attrib.exe - standard MS Windows distribution > contig.exe - MS Windows Sysinternals utilityhttp://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/ Is it really that hard to just do a date/version comparison instead of having to download the sdat*.exe just to check its date/version? MCUP does it like that...
From: David H. Lipman on 23 May 2010 19:24 From: "Eep�" <eepNOSPAM(a)tnlc.com> | On May 23, 6:35 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >> On Sat, 22 May 2010 19:49:18 -0700 (PDT), Eep� <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> >> wrote: >> >On May 22, 5:52 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:30:01 -0700 (PDT), Eep� <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >On May 20, 5:32 am, charles <some...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:09:37 -0700 (PDT), Eep� <eepNOS...(a)tnlc.com> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >I have a McAfee VirusScan DAT updater called MCUP (McAfee DAT Updater, >> >> >> >http://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.zip) (readme athttp://tnlc.com/eep/mcup.txt >> >> >> >) which I've been using since 2003, that stopped working after April >> >> >> >2, 2010 (when McAfee changed their antivirus DAT zip file name--avv- >> >> >> >dat####.tar now) and contents). It no longer works so I'm back to >> >> >> >manually downloading DAT files for the command-line version (I refuse >> >> >> >to have the bloatware GUI AntiVirus constantly running in the >> >> >> >background). Can anyone can create a program to download the latest >> >> >> >DAT file athttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/or >> >> >> >ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/(nowonlyhas a tar >> >> >> >file--no zip--but the SuperDAT exe can be manually extracted via "/e" >> >> >> >switch for its DATs) and verify it against the current DATs so they >> >> >> >are not mindlessly redownloaded? I have command-line wget and unzip >> >> >> >programs and use a batch file to rename and move the DATs. Even better >> >> >> >would be to use the incremental DAT updates >> inhttp://download.nai.com/products/commonupdater/ >> >> >> >(*.gem files) instead of having to download the obnoxiously large >> >> >> >~70MB (and growing with each update) compiled DAT file. >> >> >> >Thanks! >> >> >> >http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.anti-virus/browse_thread/thre... >> >> >> >to see the original thread and a more recent thread on McAfee's site >> >> >> >(no response so far) athttp://community.mcafee.com/thread/24897 >> >> >> Here you go, >> >> >> ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) >> >> >> [01] @echo off >> >> >> [02] pushd . >> >> >> [03] cd /d "D:\Download\AV\mcafee" >> >> >> [04] if /i arg%1 == arg/nodl goto :NODL >> >> >> [05] wget -N -q --connect-timeout=15 --read-timeout=20 >> >> >> "ftp://ftp.nai.com//pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/sdat*.exe" >> >> >> [06] :NODL >> >> >> [07] dir /b /aa sdat*.exe >mcaf.lst 2>&1 >> >> >> [08] if errorlevel 1 goto :END >> >> >> [09] for /f %%x in (mcaf.lst) do @if exist %%x start "" /wait %%x /e >> >> >> %temp%\latest >> >> >> [10] if exist %temp%\latest\. (xxcopy /v2 /da /zs /q3 /y >> >> >> %temp%\latest\*.* C:\mcafee\) else (echo Some kind of error occurred.) >> >> >> [11] rd /s /q %temp%\latest >> >> >> [12] for /f %%d in ('dir /b /a-a sdat*.exe') do if exist "%%d" del "%%d" >> >> >> [13] attrib -a sdat*.exe >> >> >> [14] del mcaf.lst >> >> >> [15] rem C:\util\contig153.exe -q C:\mcafee\*.* >NUL >> >> >> [16] :END >> >> >> [17] popd >> >> >> ===== End batch clip >> >> >If I understand the batch file, it still has to download sdat*.exe >> >> >first before checking if it's different from the existing DAT file. >> >> >Any way for it to remember the current version and check the ftp >> >> >directory like MCUP does? >> >> Not quite. >> >> The first time it runs it will download sdat*.exe to its local home >> >> directory ("D:\Download\AV\mcafee"). That local file stays there (until >> >> it is deleted in a future run). On subsequent runs it uses wget.exe's -N >> >> switch to not download the same version/file again. >> >> Then, by evaluating the archive bit of the existing sdat*.exe, it uses >> >> the sdat*.exe filename version string (extracted to mcaf.lst) to process >> >> the latest sdat version available by running it with the /e switch to a >> >> temp directory. It then copies all the new data to the live mcafee >> >> location and removes the temp contents and location. >> >> It then removes any sdat*.exe local file that remain from a previous >> >> download and finally, flips the archive bit of the latest local >> >> sdat*.exe so that it can direct processing when it downloads a new >> >> sdat*.exe next time. >> >> I originally put it together after being unsatisfied with MCUP some time >> >> ago and has worked well for me anyway. >> >OK, so it needs the bloatware 75MB+ sdat*.exe to remain instead of >> >being able to look up just the version/date instead in a much smaller >> >text file? :/ >> Well yes. About 70MB of storage for the sdat*.exe file. I had originally >> worked up a version/filename scheme but it got complicated if you missed >> an update, etc. And even if you do go through the processing to sort it >> out, you still have to download the update. I bit the bullet and spent >> the money to expand my storage infrastructure. :) >> Well anyway thanks for getting me to look at the program again after a >> long while. I had forgotten that each run of sdat*.exe appends 5 lines >> to its running log file. Add the following 2 lines at the indicated >> positions to my original .bat to maintain a constant 10 run history. >> ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) >> [14.1] tail.exe -n 50 SuperDAT.log >SuperDAT.tmp >> [14.2] move /y SuperDAT.tmp SuperDAT.log >> ===== End batch clip >> And here's a bonus .bat to see what version is installed on your >> machine. >> ===== Start batch clip (watch wrapping) >> [01] @echo off >> [02] for /f "tokens=1-4" %%a in ('grep.exe "Network Associates" >> "C:\mcafee\Sdatpack.lst"') do @printf.exe "McAfee SuperDAT Update %%c >> %%d - \c" >> [03] finfo.exe -d "DDDD, MMM-DD-YYYY" "C:\mcafee\Sdatpack.lst" >> ===== End batch clip >> batfile components: >> grep.exe, tail.exe and printf.exe - GNUWIN32 toolshttp://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ >> xxcopy.exe -http://www.xxcopy.com/ >> finfo.exe - Bill Stewart's Shell Scripting Toolkithttp://www.westmesatech.com/sst.html >> attrib.exe - standard MS Windows distribution >> contig.exe - MS Windows Sysinternals utilityhttp://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/ | Is it really that hard to just do a date/version comparison instead of | having to download the sdat*.exe just to check its date/version? MCUP | does it like that... Personally, I would parse UPDATE.INI or a web page that states the current DAT revision. Once the number is known you can easily apply that to a WGET HTTP or WGET FTP download. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: charles on 24 May 2010 08:13
On Sun, 23 May 2010 16:07:55 -0700 (PDT), Eep² <eepNOSPAM(a)tnlc.com> wrote: <snip> >> >> >> The first time it runs it will download sdat*.exe to its local home >> >> directory ("D:\Download\AV\mcafee"). That local file stays there (until >> >> it is deleted in a future run). On subsequent runs it uses wget.exe's -N >> >> switch to not download the same version/file again. >> >> >> Then, by evaluating the archive bit of the existing sdat*.exe, it uses >> >> the sdat*.exe filename version string (extracted to mcaf.lst) to process >> >> the latest sdat version available by running it with the /e switch to a >> >> temp directory. It then copies all the new data to the live mcafee >> >> location and removes the temp contents and location. >> >> >> It then removes any sdat*.exe local file that remain from a previous >> >> download and finally, flips the archive bit of the latest local >> >> sdat*.exe so that it can direct processing when it downloads a new >> >> sdat*.exe next time. >> <snip> >Is it really that hard to just do a date/version comparison instead of >having to download the sdat*.exe just to check its date/version? MCUP >does it like that... I guess you didn't read my previous, above unsnipped, post carefully enough. Try again. |