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This is a small utility to modify any kind of INI-Files.
It is DOS-based, so you can easily do the modifications from your
batchfile or your network login script.
As example, you can add the TimerCriticalSection=10000 for all users
in the SYSTEM.INI file, just by doing the following:
Create a file named SYSTEM.CMD which contains:
+[386enh]TimerCriticalSection=10000
And put the following command in you (system) login script:
maintini.exe N:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI SYSTEM.CMD
After the new login, all your users have the new parameter set correctly
for the new WINUP9 from Novell.
A backupfile with the extension .BAK is made before modifying the file.
Normaly all section, keys and values are NOT case sensitive.
However _ and * give the possibility to match only if the case matches too.
MAINTINI can process INI-Files of any size, even larger than 64kBytes.
Just the CMD File should not have to much commands, because a dynamic list
with all commands is created. (The actual upper limit are 600 commands,
if you need more, then send me a mail or just splitt it in two cmd-files.
Anyway, to process a INI-file with 600 commands to apply is just slow.)
Commands of Maintini:
-[section] The corresponding section is deleted
-[section]Key The Key in section will be deleted
-[section]Key=Value The Key is only deleted if the Value matches exactly
This is used to delete device=... lines in system.ini
_[section]Key=Value Same as - but Value is case sensitive
Normaly not used.
#[section] The corresponding section is commented
#[section]Key The Key in section will be commented
#[section]Key=Value The Key is only commented if the Value matches exactly
This is used to comment device=... lines in system.ini
@[section] The ; in front of the corresponding section is removed
@[section]Key The ; in front of the Key in section is removed
@[section]Key=Value The ; in front of the Key is removed, if the Value matches exactly
This is used to uncomment device=... lines in system.ini
+[Section]Key= Adds Key in Section.
+[Section]Key=Value Adds Key and Value to section.
&[Section]Key=Value This Key/Value is always inserted, even if already
a key exists, but with a different value. Used to
insert device=... lines in System.ini
*[Section]Key=Value Same as &, but the value is casesensitive
Normaly not used.
![Section]Key=Value A key is inserted in section, but a numeric value is added to
Key, representing the highest+1 value of Key.
(Only ?) used for Progman.ini to add new program groups
[Section]
Key1=Value1
Key2=Value2
Key3=Value3
![Section]Key=ValueZ
Gives
[Section]
Key1=Value1
Key2=Value2
Key3=Value3
Key4=ValueZ
If the command in ![Section]Key=Value2 then
the line is not duplicated.
You can add multiple ! entrys per Section/Key pair in one pass
>[Section]Key= Value Adds Value to an existing value. The old Value is preserved
and the Value is added added at the end of the line.
[Section]
Key=Value0
>[Section]Key= Value1
Gives
[Section]
Key=Value0 Value1
It is very important, that you have a space or a period sign
before the Value, this is to ensure that the , sign is placed
at the right place (or even ignored if this is the first value).
<[Section]Key=Value Deletes Value from the Key/Value line. Leading and trailing
period-signs are cut off.
r[Section]Original=NewValue The string <Original> is replaced with <NewValue>, but only in
if [Section] is the current one. If you want to replace the
Original in ALL sections (even in the section definition) then
specify [] as the section.
R[Section]Original=NewValue Same as r command, but the case must match.
S[Section]Key=<EnvVarname> The environment variable with name <EnvVarname> is set
to the Value of this Section/Key.
If [Section]Key does not exists, the environment is not
modified.
The modification is done in the master environment,
which is the one of the FIRST command.com loaded.
If you use this command under windows, the environment
of the shell inside windows is NOT modified, but when
you leave windows, the environment has the modified values !!!
When I find a TP library which handles this correctly,
I will implement it, that the parent environment is changed.
Additionaly you have multiple IF commands to excecute commandlines based on external
values.
IFMEMBER <GroupName> <Normal commandline> Is excecuted if User is member of the give Netware
Group. The User must be logged in the server.
IFNMEMBER <GroupName> <Normal Commandline> As IFMEMBER, but the commandline is only excecuted
when the user is NOT member of the group
IFENV <%EnvVar%> <Value> <Normal commandline> When the environment variable %EnvVar% is equal to
<Value>, the command is excecuted
IFNENV <%EnvVar%> <Value> <Normal commandline> Same as IFENV, but NOT EQUAL
IFMEMBER EVERYONE +[Windows]Group=Everyone Adds Group=Everyone if the user is member of the group
IFENV %USER% SSCA +[Windows]Supervisor=True Sets Supervisor=True, when the environment variable
USER is equal to SSCA
You should not use more than one < or > command for each Section/Key !!!!
This does not behave correctly. If this is a limitation for you,
then you can tell me why you want another version who can do this.
I will then implement it, if I find the time to do it.
In ALL Value-strings, you can insert a sequence %...%, to replace the
text with the content of an DOS environment variable.
+[boot]run=F:\USER\%USER%\WINDOWS\CAL.EXE
%USER% will be replaced with the value of the USER - Environment variable.
When It finds a single % in the line then the % remains in the value.
If it finds %%, then it is replaced with a single %.
So you can use F:\USR\%%USER%%\TEMP to be transformed into
F:\USR\%USER%\TEMP. If you simply use F:\USR\%USER%\TEMP it will
try to replace %USER% with the corresponing environment variable.
You must use this, every time you have more than one % sign
in the value, but don't want to replace it.
If the specified environment variable does not exist, then a warning message
is displayed on the screen, and the %...% is removed from the value.
When you want to rename a section, then do the following:
r[][OldSectionName]=[NewSectionName]
Maintini then looks in each line for the Old-name and if it finds it,
it replaces it with the new name. You should include the [..] to be
shure, that only section headings are replaced.
With the r command it is very easy to move a program/library to a new loaction.
Of course you must take care to correct all other references to that location.
(In the registeration database OLE, in DDE-statements and of course the
program icon in the program manager.)
MAINTINI is emailware, which means if you find this program usefull,
you should send me a email. (Or a nice postcard if you don't have
acess to a email system)
If you send me a message, then I will inform you of all changes and
new versions of this utility.
My email adress:
Compuserve : 100034,3536 Andre Schild
Internet : 100034.3536@compuserve.com
AT&T Mail : mhs!csmail!100034.3536
X400 : /c=US/ad=compuserve/pd=csmail/d.id=100034.3536
MCI : TO: Andre Schild
EMS: COMPUSERVE/ MCI ID:281-6320
MBX: 100034,3536
MHS : MAIL@CSERVE {100034,3536}
Postal adress: Andre Schild
Pfeidstrasse 8
CH-2555 Bruegg b. Biel
Switzerland