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MrValdez
MrValdez

Reputation: 8624

How do you check what files are inside an NSIS setup.exe?

In my NSIS script, I use this line:

 File "..\help\*.*"

My problem is that I have the help directory in my subversion repository (its constantly updated as we add new functionality). This means that the help directory contains a .svn directory.

I wish to view the contents of the setup.exe that NSIS created to verify that it does not have the .svn directory.

P.s. I experimented to see if NSIS recursively adds files when wildcards are used. It doesn't. But I want to verify this, hence the question.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4199

Answers (4)

ehambright
ehambright

Reputation: 1593

I use 7zip File Manager and the "Open Inside" command.

Upvotes: 0

Keithius
Keithius

Reputation: 1124

Rather than look at what's in your NSIS exe itself, just exclude the .svn directories so you know they'll never be in there.

Something like this will do the trick:

File /r /x .svn "..\help\*.*"

The /x .svn bit tells NSIS to exclude those directories.

Coincidentally, if you're not using the /r switch, then you're not adding files and folders recursively, so it wouldn't add the .svn subdirectories anyway.

Upvotes: 1

daramarak
daramarak

Reputation: 6155

Instead of unzipping, my suggestion is to look at the NSIS compilation log. It will tell you everything about files included. When doing changes in my NSIS scripts I always check the logs to make sure that everything is going according to plan. Streaming the log from the command line to a text file, then read it from your favorite editor.

Upvotes: 0

nik
nik

Reputation: 13468

These things are typically compressed files.
You could check with 7z/7-zip to open the EXE archive.

As a record, after the comments below,
I'd like to point to my recent notes on the merits of 7-zip at Superuser,
Compressing with RAR vs ZIP

Upvotes: 6

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