MAMEWorld Forums - Programming - Re: Command line scripting

> > >
> > > C:\~~\TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /path\Source\src /closeonend:1
> > > makeexe32.bat
> > > cd D:\
> > REM At this spot you want to run something else
> > CodeExtract.exe
>
> Is this in mingw's folder?
It probably is not in there you will have to write something

>
> > REM this gets the return error code, in C it is the last thing you spit back out
> just
> > as you exit main.
> > REM this puts the error code returned into a command shell variable
>
> Whats REM anyway?

REM is batch script for 'remark'. It lets you put comments into your batch files.

>
> > SET CODE = %ERRORLEVEL%
> > > ren program.exe %CODE%.exe
> > > cd D:\Old
> > > md %CODE%
> > > move D:\*.exe D:\Old\%CODE%\ (code syntax wrong?)
> > > move D:\Source\program.exe D:\ (code syntax wrong?)
> > > exit
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help? Would making a VBasic program be better? If so what code?
> >
> > vbasic would work but probably overkill? Just depends.
> >
> > On a command prompt do 'help set' to see how to mess around with command script
> vars.
> > At one point I had all sorts of crazy scripts to build and do things. These days I
> do
> > it in python or C. You eventually get to the point you need functions and batch
> files
> > just dont cut it. I may have the '%' bits wrong up above. As sometimes you need to
> do
> > %%ERRORLEVEL%% inside of command files. So you will have to mess around with it a
> > bit. I am doing this off the top of my head (its been a long time) so you will have
> > to mess with it.
> >
> > I assume you are trying to create some sort of sub directory that contains the
> > version number. You may also while you are building actually have it just go ahead
> > and create the directory. I have done that in the past too as the program that is
> > doing the compiling usually knows the version number anyway...
>
> Yes, would it be different for MAME builds?

Not sure about MAME I havent dug into how they do their versioning builds in quite awhile. Someone who builds it everyday could say better than I. But my guess is that it is a #define somewhere in the code. If it were me and I was trying to get the version number I would write a small C application that just returns the version number (by including the appropriate header) or creates the directory I want.