Use %COMPUTERNAME% in es.ini

[EricB]

Hello,

I'm using Everything (and es.exe) in a portable, shared folder (dropbox) over multiple computers. The everything instance is launched by a batch file which contains:

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start everything64.exe -config %COMPUTERNAME%.ini -instance %COMPUTERNAME% -db %COMPUTERNAME%.db

This works very well, every machine gets its own named instance (and ini/db files). I just found out that es.exe can also use es.ini to save settings, but it does not seem to support environment variable expansion: if I use instance=%COMPUTERNAME% in the ini, I get the "Error 8: Everything IPC window not found. Please make sure Everything is running." when launching es.exe.

Would it be possible to add this to es.exe? Tested this with version 1.1.0.23.

[void]

I will consider support for environment variables in the ES.ini
Thank you for your suggestion.


For now, please try a bat file, eg: ES.bat

es.exe -instance %COMPUTERNAME%

[EricB]

Void, thanks for considering this. I'm currently using es in a batch, but to get more parameters working I have to use

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es.exe -instance %COMPUTERNAME% %1 %2 %3 %4

If the instance (as expanded variable) is picked up from the ini it would be possible to use es.exe directly.

[NotNull]

You might want to take a look at the following INI setting; it should take away most - if not all - of the issues:

db_multi_user_filename

Use a unique filename for the database for each computer and user. Set to 1 to enable. Set to 0 to disable. Might be useful when using the portable version on different computers.

Void, thanks for considering this. I'm currently using es in a batch, but to get more parameters working I have to use

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es.exe -instance %COMPUTERNAME% %1 %2 %3 %4

If the instance (as expanded variable) is picked up from the ini it would be possible to use es.exe directly.

You can use es.exe -instance "%COMPUTERNAME%" %*.
%* = all parms



If you don't like the db_multi_user_filename approach, I would go with @void's suggestion:

• Rename ES.exe to EStool.exe (or similar)
• Create a batchfile ES.cmd in that same folder with content:

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  @"%~dp0\EStool.exe"    -instance "%COMPUTERNAME%"     %*

Now you can run

es -getresultcount

without speciying an instance.


(all untested, btw)

[EricB]

@ NotNull,

Your batch statement is way neater than my makeshift approach (I hardly ever do anything with batch) and is working right out of the box. The %* parameter trick is new to me, but noted for future reference. Thanks!

I'll look into db_multi_user_filename setting and see if that works for me in a convenient way.

[NotNull]

and is working right out of the box.

That's good news! I usually forget a (double-) quote here and there. There is still hope for me