Labview Version Control

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by gnunes

Attached are a pair of VIs that can provide a poor person's approach to backup and version control...

I didn't look deeply into them, but I didn't see anything that couldn't be done using a simple .cmd "batch" file. Are they doing something special that I didn't notice?

[gnunes]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I didn't look deeply into them, but I didn't see anything that couldn't be done using a simple .cmd "batch" file. Are they doing something special that I didn't notice?

When I say 'just do it with a simple .cmd "batch" file', my scaly dinosaur hide immediately comes into focus and the students start scanning the sky for the meteor that is about to take me out. Well, some students. Most simply assume that I have for some reason chosen to start speaking in Serbo-Croatian.

But seriously...you are correct. My programs offer no sophistication, only convenience and ease of use (they auto-name the archives, offer an easy option for putting a copy of the archive onto a flash drive, etc., etc.)