Loop through folder of multiple wim's

Means no differences found (no delta TXT written) .

This time i checked the compare part and it's working here by showing the not excluded names (if all are recognized correctly). If a delta is found it should process further.

Check if WIM names in exclusion eactly match the names in folder.

 

... little but devastating copy 'n paste error sneaked into compare part ... always good to check pathes 5 times not only 4 .

instead of e:\wim\wim path should be e:\wim and it should work .

And "skip=3 tokens=* delims= " need to be changed to "tokens=1 delims= "

Code:

:: CHECK FOR FILES TO PROCESS OR EXIT
:: set compare files
set wimfile=e:\wim\wimlist.txt
set deltafile=e:\wim\deltalist.txt
if exist %wimfile% del /s /q %wimfile% >nul
if exist %deltafile% del /s /q %deltafile% >nul
:: get WIM names from Folder
for /r "e:\wim" %%a in (*.wim) do echo %%~na>>%wimfile%
:: compare files and write difference to %deltafile%
for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%a in ('powershell "Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content %textfile%) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content %wimfile%)" ^| findstr /i "=>"') do echo %%a>>%deltafile%
if not exist %deltafile% (
echo No files to process found.
echo:
pause
if exist %wimfile% del /s /q %wimfile% >nul
exit
)

 

Is still a problem in compare part. How is your original exclusion list looking like? The moment script pauses at end, wimfile and deltafile are still present, if you hit any key they get deleted.

Please post exclusion list before start and the other 2 after the run (before thy get deleted).

 

Let's try a real dry run to check the compare.

Code:

@echo off
:: get admin rights
(NET FILE||(powershell -command Start-Process '%0' -Verb runAs -ArgumentList '%* '&EXIT /B))>NUL 2>&1
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

:: Get timestamp data: will show month.day.year.hour.min.sec
for /f "skip=1 delims=" %%x in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined X set X=%%x
:: Timestamp with seconds
:: set timestamp=%X:~4,2%-%X:~6,2%-%X:~0,4%-%X:~8,2%-%X:~10,2%-%X:~12,2%
:: Timestamp without seconds
set timestamp=%X:~4,2%-%X:~6,2%-%X:~0,4%-%X:~8,2%-%X:~10,2%
:: Path to update packages
set updates1=e:\windowsupdates\Baseline
set updates2=e:\windowsupdates\General
set updates3=e:\windowsupdates\Hotfix
set updates4=e:\windowsupdates\Security
set updates5=e:\windowsupdates\Additional
set updates6=e:\windowsupdates\Extra
:: Exclude WIms from 
set textfile=e:\wim\exclusions.txt

:: CHECK FOR FILES TO PROCESS OR EXIT
:: set compare files
set wimfile=e:\wim\wimlist.txt
set deltafile=e:\wim\deltalist.txt
if exist %wimfile% del /s /q %wimfile% >nul
if exist %deltafile% del /s /q %deltafile% >nul
:: get WIM names from Folder
for /r "e:\wim" %%a in (*.wim) do echo %%~na>>%wimfile%
:: compare files and write difference to %deltafile%
for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%a in ('powershell "Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content %textfile%) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content %wimfile%)" ^| findstr /i "=>"') do echo %%a>>%deltafile%
if not exist %deltafile% (
echo No files to process found.
echo:
pause
if exist %wimfile% del /s /q %wimfile% >nul
exit
)

:: Path to files copy
set path1=e:\files
set target=e:\mount
echo Exclusions:
type %textfile%
echo:
echo:
echo Folder:
type %wimfile%
echo:
echo Delta:
type %deltafile%
:: end procedure
:: script will pause here
echo.
echo ===============================================================================
echo DONE ...
echo ===============================================================================
echo.
pause

:: EXIT
endlocal
exit

Post the output.



I tested with a folder with installa.wim, installb.wim (till d), exclusion list excludes b and c image. When runing above script it correctly outputs:

Code:

Exclusions:
installb
installc

Folder:
installa
installb
installc
installd

Delta:
installa
installd

===============================================================================
DONE ...
===============================================================================

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

 

Yeah, was assuming this being the error ... nice to hear it's working for you. Debugging can be kinda breech birth sometimes .

 

HINT: I now remember that using '()' in a filename (default for Total Commander when automatically renaming files during copy) causes powershell to error out. Seems there are some chars where it reacts bitchy .

 

That one shouldn't cause errors affaik.

Use my last dry-run-test script to check what's working, it will only show all found names, shorter than the whole process every time .

 

Seems to be no problem, even when using Xs, renamed one of he WIMs and added their name to exclusions.txt:

Code:

Exclusions:
installa
XXXXX_XXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_XXXX-11-17-2014

Folder:
installa
installc
installd
XXXXX_XXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_XXXX-11-17-2014

Delta:
installc
installd

===============================================================================
DONE ...
===============================================================================

 

I also need a guide what hypedave needs. I hope someone will help.

 

Now i see the problem . Powershell is shortening the output to deltafile after 36 chars, will check for solution.

Code:

Exclusions:
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0004-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0002-11-17-2014


Folder:
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0001-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0002-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0003-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0004-11-17-2014

Delta:
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX...
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX...

===============================================================================
DONE ...
===============================================================================

 

Bitchy powershell . Take this !!!!

Needs to refine the output of powershell with Format-Table -AutoSize switch to avoid the cutting .

Change the old powershell for loop with this one:

Code:

for /f "tokens=1 delims= " %%a in ('"powershell Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content %textfile%) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content %wimfile%) ^| Format-Table -AutoSize" ^| findstr /i "=^>"') do echo %%a>>%deltafile%

Now output shows:

Code:

Exclusions:
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0004-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0002-11-17-2014



Folder:
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0001-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0002-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0003-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0004-11-17-2014

Delta:
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0001-11-17-2014
ABCDE_12345678_XXXX_XXX_XXXXX_XX_XXX_XXXX_0003-11-17-2014

===============================================================================
DONE ...
===============================================================================

EDIT: ================================

Forgot to mention that '=>' canged to '=^>'.

 

See my post above your's .