Microsoft KB Archive/82732

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Meaning of the SETUP.INF's &quot;noclobber&quot; Entries

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Q82732

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
The &quot;noclobber&quot; and &quot;rename&quot; 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.

MORE INFORMATION
The following is a sample of the [ini.upd.31] section of the SETUP.INF:

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

The second line causes Setup to replace the line &quot;midi4=adlib.drv&quot; with the line &quot;midi4=msadlib.drv.&quot; 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 &quot;keyboard=&quot; with &quot;keyboard=*vkd&quot; only if the line &quot;keyboard=&quot; does not exist in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI.

Additional query words: 3.10

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311