inherit_EA_on_Import

Anybody know if inherit_EA_on_Import=true in the iw.cfg file will preserve EAs when overwriting a file through the Y: virtual drive? Not sure if copying a file using the Y: drive is the same as "import". (NOTE: We have disabled menu option in the GUI for import.)

TS 6.1 SP2; Win2000

Thanks,
kriv

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shanon

not sure, but by default EAs are preserved if you write over something on the Y drive.

import is not exactly the same thing as copying a file ( depending on which ContentCenter you're using ), but both operations will make the file accessible via the CC UI.

-shanon.
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Sr. Solutions Engineer
shanon at interwoven dot com

nipper

worth a test case, but since these were GUI customization (iwcgi) I *doubt*
it will work.

However know that this setting in the iw.cfg has gone away.

It is now set this way:

application_custom.xml

<applications>

<default-param id="iw.common.import.inherit_extended_attributes"
value="true"/>

</application>

shanon

are you saying that if foo.gif exists on the mount and i tag it with this attribute:

TeamSite/Metadata/something=bar

and then i take some random gif off my system, rename it to foo.gif, mount the IWSERVER and copy over the existing file, the EA will not exist?

this is not true, at least i'm 90% sure...

maybe i'm misunderstanding things? the import procedure may do something different -- but just regular copy should be fine: the ea should still be there.

-shanon.
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Sr. Solutions Engineer
shanon at interwoven dot com

jbonifaci

If you have a file in your workarea named foo.xml with an EA bar=true and you create a new file on your local drive named foo.xml and overwrite the file in your workarea with this file, the EA will be maintained.

If you have a file named foo.xml in branch A with an EA bar=true and copy this file through the y drive to a workarea branch B, it will NOT have the bar=true EA or any other EAs for that matter.

~Jeff

nipper

Yes that is the senerio

I said I did not know if it would retain the EA.

I tested it and it does retain the EA. I do not know why
there is a special case for import (GUI customization in 6.X) but
there is.

Andy

civ3

The result depends on which interface is used. The EA will carry over if done using CC even the file is copied to another branch. EA won't be carried over if using Y: drive. But if a file already exists in the destination directory, EA of the old file will be maintained.

TeamSite 6.1 on Windows 2000

Cheers.

bturns

We are running to import overwritting EA's. I'll try the following and see if it works

application_custom.xml

value="true"/>

bturns

We are running to import overwritting EA's. I'll try the following and see if it works

application_custom.xml

<applications>

<default-param id="iw.common.import.inherit_extended_attributes"
value="true"/>

</application>

Sorry, including the xml tags