Meaning of the SETUP.INF's "noclobber" Entries (82732)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q82732

SUMMARY

The "noclobber" and "rename" items in the [ini.upd.31] section of the SETUP.INF are operators used to tell Setup to either rename a .INI entry or not to remove (clobber) an existing .INI entry.

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The following is a sample of the [ini.upd.31] section of the SETUP.INF: 
[ini.upd.31]
;
; File,section,Line to be removed,Line to be added,Optional operator
;
system.ini,386Enh, "device=vpicda.386","device=*vpicd"
system.ini,drivers,"midi4=adlib.drv",  "midi4=msadlib.drv",rename
system.ini,386Enh, "keyboard=" ,       "keyboard=*vkd",    noclobber
The first line causes Setup to remove the line device=vpicda.386 from the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI and add the line "device=*vpicd" to the same section in SYSTEM.INI.

The second line causes Setup to replace the line "midi4=adlib.drv" with the line "midi4=msadlib.drv." Note: the replacement is done only if the line to be replaced exists; therefore, this has the effect of renaming.

The third line causes Setup to replace the line "keyboard=" with "keyboard=*vkd" only if the line "keyboard=" does not exist in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2003
Keywords:KB82732
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