
S'87/NT Server/W95 Workstations Problem
Quote:
>> I never run my exe's from the server.
>Neither do I. When I suggested that they move software to the local
>drives, I was shot down. The vendor performs software maintenance and
>updates via PC Anywhere and wants the files only to be in one place.
>I'll look into the readonly option.
Look into replication.
There is a replication engine on The Oasis, under the name
DIRSYNC.ZIP. configure this and put it in the login script. It will
make a local directory that is identical to the master directory.
Put it in the login script, and put a button to it on the desktop.
Here is the help screen:
DIRSYNC 1.5 will synchronize the files in two directories.
Any file in the source directory that is not in the destination
directory will be copied there, and any file in the destination
directory that is not in the source directory can be removed.
Changed files will be replaced with originals based on time and date
stamps.
USAGE:"
DIRSYNC <SourceDir> <DestDir> [/NOVERBOSE] [/NOWARNING] ...
... [/NODELETE] [/NCOPY]"
Where:"
<SourceDir> is the Master File Directory
<DestDir> will contain whatever is in <SourceDir>
[/NOVERBOSE] will suppress most of the screen output
[/NOWARNING] will delete extra files in <DestDir> without
warning
[/NODELETE] will suppress automatic deletion
[/NCOPY] will use NCOPY.EXE instead of DOS copy
EXAMPLE:
DIRSYNC X:\NETWORK\EXEPOOL\ C:\LOCAL\EXEPOOL\ /NOWARNING
The nice thing about this is that:
1. The executable maintenance happens on a single master directory on
the network.
2. The executables always run from the local drive
3. Every login updates the local pool with minimum impact. If nothing
has changed, no files are moved. The icon on the desktop performs an
update without needing to log out/in.
4. If your executable crashes and leaves those ugly file fragments
like AHDFEADO, these swap turds will be created on the same drive the
executable ran from, by default. The next DIRSYNC cleans them out.
5. The software loads and runs faster.
6. Network traffic is reduced.
7. No temp files will be built on the network drive.
8. You can put a new executable in place in the master directory at
any time, even while the users are still running the software. When
you do update the exe, you notify the users to exit the software and
hit the update button.
It's the only way to go.
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