I was just looking over the source code that I was modding that came from Notepad++ and noticed that this line of code made no sense:
Delete "$INSTDIR\App\DefaultData\whatever folders after\”
I put the whatever folders thing but I was under the impression that nsis would compile this as “Take the files from "$INSTDIR\App\DefaultData\whatever folders after” and install them in the same place on the portable” at least when the installer was being created, but then I noticed the Delete in front of it and was wondering what that does, does it actually delete the files that are in the following directory or what?
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no, to delete the files in a directory it would need to be
Delete "$INSTDIR\App\DefaultData\whatever folders after\*.*”or
RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\App\DefaultData\whatever folders after”Yes, it actually deletes the files. That would be from the installer.
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that line of code would delete the files in that directory when i would compile the installer if i had it say on my desktop and set to delete everything in a folder called "QWERTY"? i.e., if i checked after compiling the installer, there would be nothing in the folder?
or does that line mean it will delete everything in that folder in the destination directory? i.e., if i ran the installer after compiling it, and i had a folder in that path, it would delete as i installed, anything that happened to be in its way?
Zoop