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Best way to determine node type?

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TS 6.5 SP2, Win 2003

What is the best way to, via command line, determine what type of node something is? For instance, if I have checked something off in the GUI, how can I tell if it's a file versus a workarea versus a branch?

I thought to use "iwattrib" but, for whatever reason, the command turns out "Error connecting to server" about 80% of the time, which is magically helpful, of course.

Dave

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Migrateduser

I'd LOVE to be able to use this command but c'mon, Interwoven!


Y:\default\main>iwattrib "/default/main/test" cid
0x00002250
Y:\default\main>iwattrib "/default/main/test" cid
ERROR:5000068: Error connecting to server:
Y:\default\main>iwattrib "/default/main/test" cid
ERROR:5000068: Error connecting to server:
Y:\default\main>iwattrib "/default/main/test" cid
0x00002250

Why would this be so consistently inconsistent as this?!

nipper

Mine hit 100%

Any errors in the logs ?

Y:\default\main>iwattrib -l /default/main/config
cid
objid
crdate
creator
owner
group
name
label
moddate
busy
rootedition
firstedition
lastedition
parentbranch
archive
branchcount
editioncount
workareacount
lockmodel
privateaccess
inheritaccess

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>
Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/test cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/test cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/test cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/test cid
0x00002250

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/test objid
0x000022500000000000006200

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config objid
0x000022500000000000002694

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/config objid
0x000022500000000000002694

Y:\default\main>iwattrib /default/main/test objid
0x000022500000000000006200

Andy

Migrateduser

Very nice but Dude, you're BRAGGING.

Okay, clearly this is the clt to use but I didn't realize that errors with this would be logged. Which log contains the info?

Dave

nipper

That I could not tell you, run it and see which ones get updated.

BTW, I am on 6.7.1 Win 2K

Adam Stoller

FWIW - I think you'd have to use the '-l' flag and parse the available options to determine the node in this fashion:

Of course it would be easier if you wrapped all that up in a script so that you could use it more easily as a CLT ...

Migrateduser

Fish,

While I like that approach on its own merit that it's not "traditional" (whatever that means), Interwoven may, for instance, come up with a new structure in a later version called a Widget that might be similar to a sub-branch but have attributes similar to a directory. So, if I were going on the "-l" alone, my script -- being ignorant of this future version -- might think it's seeing a directory and act accordingly.

Dave

Adam Stoller

Fish,

While I like that approach on its own merit that it's not "traditional" (whatever that means), Interwoven may, for instance, come up with a new structure in a later version called a Widget that might be similar to a sub-branch but have attributes similar to a directory. So, if I were going on the "-l" alone, my script -- being ignorant of this future version -- might think it's seeing a directory and act accordingly.

Dave

If you are trying to code for potential future changes - you're stuck - because no matter what approach you take you will have to revise the code if/when something new comes along that needs to be checked for.

So - back in reality-land - what are you really trying to accomplish? What do you really need to figure out - that a fairly simple test and/or regex processing of the path won't tell you?

Migrateduser

I've been around here long enough that you should already know that I like to think in abstract (and possibly even make-believe) terms...

In any case, what I'm doing -- actually at this time of writing, it's actually done -- is rewriting Interwoven's "Delete" UI functionality so that it's more intelligent and can decide whether or not to accept your request based on what type of asset (DCR versus regular file, for instance) you're trying to delete, whether or not the thing is locked, who owns the lock, etc. What I had forgotten about when I did this the first time is the case where we want to delete workareas and branches. So, I was in the process of putting that logic in there when I raised this topic.

Adam Stoller

I've been around here long enough that you should already know that I like to think in abstract (and possibly even make-believe) terms...

In any case, what I'm doing -- actually at this time of writing, it's actually done -- is rewriting Interwoven's "Delete" UI functionality so that it's more intelligent and can decide whether or not to accept your request based on what type of asset (DCR versus regular file, for instance) you're trying to delete, whether or not the thing is locked, who owns the lock, etc. What I had forgotten about when I did this the first time is the case where we want to delete workareas and branches. So, I was in the process of putting that logic in there when I raised this topic.

This is UI - then there is FORM variable information you can parse through that might provide some of that information -- you said you were trying to do this as a CLT.

Migrateduser

Oh, no, no. I was looking for a CLT that would accomplish what iwattrib does, basically. Except that I was getting numerous CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER errors yesterday so that's why I was looking for an alternative. iwattrib works nicely and that's what I'm using. I'm using it as a custom menu item -- I replaced TS's delete function with my own.