[Zope] Win 32 installation question...

[Ross J. Reedstrom]

On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 06:04:46PM +1000, Anthony Pfrunder wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Arnaud Lecat wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I was wondering if I could install the new beta over and over the same
> > installation
> > or if I must uninstall old version for installing new version (in this
> > case will I lose
> > my current project) ?
> > 
> 
> Answering several questions at once... all the data in your Zope site is
> stored in a file called Data.fs.  By copying this file into another
> directory, removing Zope, installing the new one and then replacing
> Data.fs you can preserve your data between upgrades.  

Careful about installed Products - those live down on
{ZOPE_HOME}/lib/python/Products and can make your Data.fs hard to read
in the new install, if the correct Product isn't available.

Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu> 
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St.,  Houston, TX 77005