Question

How would look like a simple script ( cmd.exe batch, *nix shell , perl , python or whatever .. ) for creating folder structure for development environment.

Suppose we are in a project where we need more than 10 developers to bring in and we do want to ensure that all of them get the same libs and environment to ensure that “we are on the same wavelength” …

Edit: Thanks to randog … Even if using version control system (e.g. what would be folder structure to store in the repository first …

I mean something like:

::THIS BATCH FILE CREATES THE DEV ENVIRONMENT FOLDER STRUCTURE 
::CREATE THE COMMON LIBRARY FOLDER
MKDIR D:\libs\
:: FOLDER FOR LOGGING PLATFORMS - put log4net , etc here
MKDIR D:\libs\log
:: FOLDER FOR Object Relational Mapping libs
MKDIR D:\libs\orm
:: FOLDER FOR GUI 
MKDIR d:\libs\gui
:: folder for gui controls 
mkdir d:\libs\gui\controls

:: ... OTHER ?!

::CREATE THE DEVELOPER'S OWN LIBRARY FOLDER '
MKDIR D:\mylibs\
:: FOLDER FOR LOGGING PLATFORMS - put log4net , etc here
MKDIR D:\mylibs\log
:: FOLDER FOR Object Relational Mapping mylibs
MKDIR D:\mylibs\orm
:: FOLDER FOR GUI 
MKDIR d:\mylibs\gui
:: folder for gui controls 
mkdir d:\mylibs\gui\controls

Answer 1

You should use a version control system. When your developers check out the code from repository, the needed directory structure will be created automatically.