how to set EA on a file that has special characters

Perhaps you can leverage the "-u" option.

-u has nothing whatever to do to non-ASCII symbols in the File name

cari

-u has nothing whatever to do to non-ASCII symbols in the File name

That is correct. Does not work with -u option.

I used the complete vpath too. I get the same error.

Take a look, perhaps that may give you few leads. There seem to be a required language ( but not locale? ) correlation with Server/Client.
An article is pretty old though. TeamSite and Operating System Limitations with File Naming in Different Languages

jed

Hi,

How do we set the extended attributes on a file that has spanish characters in the file name.

The command that I am trying to execute is

{iw-home}/bin/iwextattr -s TeamSite/Templating/DCR/Type=KnowledgeBase/FAQS FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño

and I get the following error

ERROR:00920: Error locating FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño

For some reason the EA command is not able to get the file

$ ls FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño
FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño

as shown above the file exists in the current directory and is list using "ls " command.

Any inputs will be appreciated.

Thanks,

TeamSite 6.5 SP3
Solaris 9
Locale setting: server_locale=English_UnitedStates.UTF-8@Binary

I was not able to do this on the command line (terminal limitation?), but when I created a shell script, the following worked just fine:

The script....
#!/bin/sh
/app/suncom/iw-home/bin/iwextattr -s TeamSite/Metadata/foo=bar 日本.file
/app/suncom/iw-home/bin/iwextattr -x 日本.file

And the result....


> foo.sh
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ealist
  [
  <!ELEMENT ealist (ea)*>
  <!ELEMENT ea (key, value*)>
  <!ELEMENT key (#PCDATA)>
  <!ELEMENT value (#PCDATA)>
  <!ATTLIST value encoding (text|hex) "text">
  ]
>

<ealist>
<ea>
<key>TeamSite/Metadata/foo
<value>bar
</ea>
</ealist>

Hi I have added an additional field in Meta tag for images to input image alternate text. I am retrieving this in my code through iwextattr -g option. It is working fine for English languge but for german characters it is not retrieving correct character.

For eg if I enter "ü" in Meta tag field and try to retrieve this it is gettng weird character like "Ã¼"

Do I need to do any special settings to support German characters? I am entering meta tag from teamsite GUI through tag window.

Teamsite version - TS 6.7.1 SP1 on solaris

Appreciate quick help!

Thanks
Raj

For eg if I enter "ü" in Meta tag field and try to retrieve this it is gettng weird character like "Ã¼"

How do you retrieve it? These *weired* symbols are correct UTF-8 2-byte representation of the symbol "ü"
(0xC3BC) . If looked at as ASCII, you'll see "Ã¼", note Source/Rendition screen-shot below.

I m retrieving using iwextattr -g and writing this in XML file

Adam Stoller

I m retrieving using iwextattr -g and writing this in XML file

Try using iwextattr -g attr_key -u vpath - also try reading the CLT manual and/or output of iwextattr -h as I believe the '-u' flag is documented in both.

I already tried using -u and I am getting same result as mentioned below:

/apps/iw-home/bin/iwextattr -g "TeamSite/Metadata/Image Alt" -u "/iwmnt/default/main/WORKAREA/dev1/assets/images/products/filter/ProductId.jpg"

Testing German SPL chars (Ã¤Ã„) SchallzahnbÃ¼WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0

It should return following string:
Testing German SPL chars (äÄ) Schallzahnbü

I have attached the image of tag window for reference.

I already tried using -u and I am getting same result as mentioned below:

/apps/iw-home/bin/iwextattr -g "TeamSite/Metadata/Image Alt" -u "/iwmnt/default/main/WORKAREA/dev1/assets/images/products/filter/ProductId.jpg"

Testing German SPL chars (Ã¤Ã„) SchallzahnbÃ¼WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0

It should return following string:
Testing German SPL chars (äÄ) Schallzahnbü

I have attached the image of tag window for reference.

Redirect your output into the File and read it with the Unicode-enabled Editor (like Notepad Smiley Happy

). If you still have problems, attach this file to the post

I am writing output direct to XML file which is UTF-8 encoded.

So do you mean I still need to write into another file and then read again that file and then write to XML?

IS there any function which I should use for encode/decode while writing to XML?

I simply want to read from extended attribute and write that to XML in the same format.

I am writing output direct to XML file which is UTF-8 encoded.

So do you mean I still need to write into another file and then read again that file and then write to XML?

IS there any function which I should use for encode/decode while writing to XML?

I simply want to read from extended attribute and write that to XML in the same format.

I've asked to attach a File only to help troubleshooting, not as a suggestion of what you should be doing.
If you attach an XML you've mentioned that'll do just as well.

Logicee

I would suggest using HTML::Entities to encode all the special characters and then set the EA's. This should solve the problem.

Html:entities will not help here.
he is pasting special char text directly in tagging window.
after saving Tag window.

when we checked with iwextattr
/iw-home/bin/iwextattr -g TeamSite/Metadata/content/0/Title -u /iwmnt/btgsportal/main/supersite/inprocess_db/WORKAREA/content_classes/assets/images/thumb.article.bigger_05.jpg

then its also showing junk char, which will goes through TPL for XML generation.
therefore Html:entities will not work.

I m also facing same prob. Please Provide help in this. Smiley Sad

Samir_Friend

Hi,

How do we set the extended attributes on a file that has spanish characters in the file name.

The command that I am trying to execute is

{iw-home}/bin/iwextattr -s TeamSite/Templating/DCR/Type=KnowledgeBase/FAQS FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño

and I get the following error

ERROR:00920: Error locating FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño

For some reason the EA command is not able to get the file

$ ls FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño
FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño

as shown above the file exists in the current directory and is list using "ls " command.

Any inputs will be appreciated.

Thanks,

The VPATH you are using for the DCR is wrong. It should be the full path.
You need to specify the path of your DCR as, for example, "[//server]/default/main/....../FAQ_LT_AR_SP_PT_UsoPuntosAntesTerminoAño" assuming that your OS is Windows.

we checked that with full path, but not help.. see previous posts.

TestReport.rptdesign

Samir_Friend

we checked that with full path, but not help.. see previous posts.

Is it working with files having non-spanish(english) characters?

yes.. it is working properly for english characters.
issues only with special char like Ê, ñ

we checked that with full path, but not help.. see previous posts.

Prashant, this thread has nothing to do to your problem. It talks about setting EA on the Files that have special
characters in the File Name. You issue is with the EA Values, see my reply to your post