best practice to check for an update

[drrehak]

I would like all my users upon log-in to verify that they have updated local files. For example, my solution relies on some local Autoit exe scripts. What would be the best way to check if those files are there, and then script the files to be exported from a utility container field.

more specifically, does anyone create a master zip file. or check for these individually. (I have about 20 of these necessary files)

thanks in advance!

[Vaughan]

If the files are small and the process only takes a second or two, it might be faster/easier to update them every time the user logs-in, or maybe just the first time each day and not bother to check their version.