Getting hotfixes to automatically deploy the debug symbols?

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Like I’m sure many of you do, I keep a set of the *.dbg symbols for all of
NT in my c:\WinNT\Symbols directory. Most (not all; darn!) of the key
hotfixes and whatnot contain the symbols, so I’ve been able to keep it
reasonably synced up.

However, the hotfixes don’t AUTOMATICALLY install the symbols, so I always
have to open it up with WinZip and copy it myself.

Is there some way to get the hotfix to install the symbols via a
command-line option or somesuch?

(It gets annoying when I have a whole bunch of debugging machines.)

Thanks!

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You can pass Winzip a command line, so you can write scripts that do all
this for you.

Alternatively, a more robust solution is to use the symbol server, if your
usage model supports it.

Phil

Taed Wynnell @lists.osr.com on 03/14/2002 03:57:59 PM

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symbols?

Like I’m sure many of you do, I keep a set of the *.dbg symbols for all of
NT in my c:\WinNT\Symbols directory. Most (not all; darn!) of the key
hotfixes and whatnot contain the symbols, so I’ve been able to keep it
reasonably synced up.

However, the hotfixes don’t AUTOMATICALLY install the symbols, so I always
have to open it up with WinZip and copy it myself.

Is there some way to get the hotfix to install the symbols via a
command-line option or somesuch?

(It gets annoying when I have a whole bunch of debugging machines.)

Thanks!