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RunBeforeFolderCompare Does not skip requested Folders

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taviso
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RunBeforeFolderCompare Does not skip requested Folders

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Hello, I am trying to skip folders that contain a specific file. I am using the RunBeforeFolderCompare hook, however no matter what I set the Skip variable to, the folder is never skipped. My simple script is below, the hook is called as I would expect, but setting Skip doesn't do anything. Even this minimal case doesn't seem to change the result:

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Procedure RunBeforeFolderCompare(Foldername; var Skip);
begin
    Skip := True;
end
There are no examples using this hook, am I using it correctly?

Thank you for your help.

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//
// Ignore all files containing a flag file.
// SBLang=Pascal
//

Function Description(var ScriptType);
begin
  Result := 'Ignore folders containing a flag file.';
  ScriptType := SCRIPTTYPE_RUN;
End;

Procedure RunBeforeFolderCompare(Foldername; var Skip);
begin
     if SBRunning.LeftFileExists(Foldername + '.nobackup') then
     begin
          // ShowMessage('I will skip ' + Foldername);
          Skip := True;
     end
End;

(side note: you cannot search the forum for the string "RunBeforeFolderCompare", it says the word is too common!)

I asked support, but they said they do not offer any scripting support whatsoever.
taviso
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Re: RunBeforeFolderCompare Does not skip requested Folders

Post by taviso »

taviso wrote:
Tue May 14, 2019 1:33 pm
Hello, I am trying to skip folders that contain a specific file. I am using the RunBeforeFolderCompare hook, however no matter what I set the Skip variable to, the folder is never skipped.
I think I have a solution, I guess I'm the only person using this feature as there are zero hits anywhere for this hook :lol:

This seems to do what I want so far, maybe it will give a hint to anyone searching in future.

Please note, I'm a C programmer, I'm haven't written any Pascal since college... so I'm sure this is sub-optimal (1 indexed strings, wtf!)

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// 
// Ignore all files containing a flag file.
// SBLang=Pascal
//

function Description(var ScriptType);
begin
  Result := 'Ignore folders containing a flag file.';
  ScriptType := SCRIPTTYPE_RUN;
end
 
// If passed a file, return the containing directory.
// If passed a directory, return the parent directory.
function ParentDirectory(FileName);
begin
     Result := FileName;

     // Check for root directory.
     if Result = '\' then
        Exit;

     // Remove a character until we hit a directory separator.
     repeat
           Result := Copy(Result, 1, Length(Result) - 1);
     until Result[Length(Result)] = '\';

end

procedure RunBeforeFolderCompare(FolderName; var Skip);
begin
     // Check if this directory contains the flag file,
     // or any parent directory up until the root directory.
     repeat
          if SBRunning.LeftFileExists(FolderName + '.nobackup') then
             Skip := True;
          FolderName := ParentDirectory(FolderName);
     until FolderName = '\';
end


procedure RunBeforeFileCompare(FileName; var Skip);
    var FolderName;
begin
     // Find the name of the directory containing this file.
     FolderName := ParentDirectory(FileName);

     // Check if the containing directory has the flag file,
     // or any parent directory up until the root directory.
     repeat
          if SBRunning.LeftFileExists(FolderName + '.nobackup') then
             Skip := True;
          FolderName := ParentDirectory(FolderName);
     until FolderName = '\';
end
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Re: RunBeforeFolderCompare Does not skip requested Folders

Post by JeraldSuggs »

taviso wrote:
Tue May 14, 2019 3:38 pm
I'm haven't written any Pascal since college... so I'm sure this is sub-optimal (1 indexed strings, wtf!)
Today schools need to make changes in the program to bring more real and applicable languages. Why not C language?? It is similar to Pascal, but are widely use.
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