Script to check if file exists, if not copy from location

[tosca925]

I need a script to check if a .dll file exists on certain computers in the c:\windows\system32 folder.

 

I need the script to check if this file exists and if it does not then copy the file from the server eg \\server\folder\.dll

 

I have tried one myself but cannot get it to work so need a little help or example.

 

Preferably .vbscript

[Geoff]

Why not use robocopy?

[webman]

I'd probably map a spare network drive to the workstation's C$ share, and check for Z:\windows\system32\myfile.dll using FileSystemObject (FSO) FileExists() function.

[Shiny_Guru]

try this in a cmd file, I tend to run this sort of thing as a shut down script (nobody time shutdowns but they scream if startup takes more than 1.5 seconds)

 

IF NOT EXIST "c:\windows\system32\interesting.dll" COPY "\\server\share\interesting.dll" "c:\windows\system32\interesting.dll"

 

beware of word wrap, that is all on one line and obviously you need to change file names to suit