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[Fixed] DirectoriesMove not backing up (some) local folders

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August 27, 2011 - 8:08pm
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[Fixed] DirectoriesMove not backing up (some) local folders

I need to move a folder in and out of %APPDATA% so I have this in the launcher INI:

[DirectoriesMove]
folder=%APPDATA%\folder

The folder is moving fine but if there's a local one present it isn't backed up.

If I debug the launcher I'm getting the ${DebugMsg} "Matching directories for $1 discovered, deleting $0" message instead of ${DebugMsg} "Backing up $4 to $4.BackupBy$AppID" message that I would expect.

I also used this with EAC:

[DirectoriesMove]
EAC=%APPDATA%\EAC
AccurateRip=%APPDATA%\AccurateRip

On checking, I'm finding that the local AccurateRip folder is backed up but the EAC one isn't.

Any ideas?

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August 31, 2011 - 9:13am
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After a little more testing,

After a little more testing, the first folder listed under [DirectoriesMove] will not back up the local version.

[DirectoriesMove]
dir-01=%APPDATA%\dir-01

Local dir-01 is not backed up. Instead, it's removed from the system (back to Data) on exit.

[DirectoriesMove]
dir-01=%APPDATA%\dir-01
dir-02=%APPDATA%\dir-02
dir-03=%APPDATA%\dir-03
dir-04=%APPDATA%\dir-04
dir-05=%APPDATA%\dir-05

Same here but dir-02 to dir-05 are all ok.

[DirectoriesMove]
dir-03=%APPDATA%\dir-03
dir-01=%APPDATA%\dir-01
dir-02=%APPDATA%\dir-02
dir-04=%APPDATA%\dir-04
dir-05=%APPDATA%\dir-05

dir-03 is not backed but dirs 01, 02, 04 & 05 are all ok.

This is broken in the current release of PAL 2.1.1 and has been since 2.1 Beta 2.

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August 31, 2011 - 8:42pm
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Can you upload it?

Can you send your launcher.ini? File upload if possible (not pastebin).

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September 1, 2011 - 9:22am
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You can test with any

You can test with any launcher, I used AntRenamer Portable. Are you not seeing a problem?

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September 1, 2011 - 11:26am
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Nope

Just tested it with TortoiseHg Portable. Perhaps because it uses the 2.2 branch? I can't see any relevant changes.

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September 1, 2011 - 8:13pm
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TortoiseHg Portable works

TortoiseHg Portable works fine. The only difference between AntRenamer Portable and TortoiseHg Portable is the [FilesMove] section so add this to the TortoiseHg Portable launcher:

[FilesMove]
test.txt=%PAL:AppDir%

Make sure %APPDATA%\TortoiseHg exists then run TortoiseHg Portable and watch what happens to that local folder.

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September 1, 2011 - 10:38pm
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Internal state

Hmm... it seems the internal state got mixed: using test.txt=%AppData% doesn't trigger the issue. Working on it.
EDIT: fixed in the repo.

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September 13, 2011 - 9:27pm
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Doesn't affect any official apps

I whipped up a script to check all our officially released apps and found that none of them is affected by this issue, which simplifies things somewhat. I can give you the script (note: it depends on the tip of the PADT repository) for your own checks, if you like.

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September 16, 2011 - 7:25pm
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Thanks for the offer, I'll

Thanks for the offer, I'll pass though Smile

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April 6, 2012 - 6:01pm
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Fixed?

Chris or kAlug, is this fixed in PAL 2.1.2? If not, can we get it fixed in 2.2?

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April 6, 2012 - 7:04pm
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Yes

In fact, that's the only reason for the release of PAL 2.1.2.

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April 6, 2012 - 9:36pm
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Fixed in 2.1.2

Ok, thanks. I've marked it as fixed.

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