Patent ID: 9280334
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling execution of a script program including a stanza to direct installation of a version of a computer program in a target computer, the method comprising: executing a line of code in a beginning part of the stanza of the script program, wherein the line directs an installation program computer to parse a remainder of the line as a command to an operating system in the target computer, the command requesting the operating system to determine if the version of the computer program is already installed in the target computer by searching within at least one directory of the target computer for a name of the version of the computer program or for a program feature within of the version of the computer program that does not appear within any other versions of the computer program or in a name of any version of the computer program, wherein the command to the operating system filters for text identical to the name of the program feature, and determining from a response of the operating system to the command whether the version of the computer program is already installed in the target computer, and, if so, the installation program computer modifying the script program during execution of the script program to skip a remainder of the stanza of the script program to avoid re-installation of the version of the computer program in the target computer, and if not, the installation program executing the remainder of the stanza of the script program to direct installation of the version of the computer program in the target computer and parsing a command to create at least one feature selected from the group consisting of a user account, a group, and a file system, and in response, creating the feature specified in the command.