Deploying files that have certain extended attributes

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Hi,

I am going to run a DNR script but only for files that have certain extended attribute which is the path to primary DCT ex. Templating/Document is the attribue and content/category1 is the value.

I only want to deploy files that have "content/category1" as the value for that attribute. There are other files in teh same directory as well but have different attributes, but these files shouldn't be involved when running the script.

I know one way is to run the script and do a system command to get the attribute of the file and based on do the processing in the script, but how do you pass filename as a parameter in the xml deployment configuration.

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ISCBorisB

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Hi,

I am going to run a DNR script but only for files that have certain extended attribute which is the path to primary DCT ex. Templating/Document is the attribue and content/category1 is the value.

I only want to deploy files that have "content/category1" as the value for that attribute. There are other files in teh same directory as well but have different attributes, but these files shouldn't be involved when running the script.

I know one way is to run the script and do a system command to get the attribute of the file and based on do the processing in the script, but how do you pass filename as a parameter in the xml deployment configuration.

Check "File List Deployment" Type in the OD Manual

paruntha

Thanks,

but how can you just deal with files that have a certain extended attribute because I couldn't find it in the manual.

In the manual it just talks about how to filter certain files for deployment based on their names or extensions, but I want to know how to filter it based on extended attributes or is there a such a thing?

nipper

I think you will need to manually filter out the files. Thus as the list is built up, check for the presence of the EA in question and drop the ones that don't have it. Then filelist deploy the rest.

ISCBorisB

Thanks,

but how can you just deal with files that have a certain extended attribute because I couldn't find it in the manual.

In the manual it just talks about how to filter certain files for deployment based on their names or extensions, but I want to know how to filter it based on extended attributes or is there a such a thing?

You may write a script that evaluates your Files for desired Metadata and builds a List containing the subset you want to Deploy.
Then run OD in the File List mode using the List you've just built

paruntha

Thanks,

When the script gets executed by DNR are there default parameters that are sent the script by the DNR call? I tried searching for it in the manuals but no luck

Also, is there way to run the command iwgetattribute (not sure the command name at the moment) in the <script cmd=iwgetatt.... and based on that run the perl script right after?

OR Is there way to pass in a parameter for the perl script because I noticed in the configuration they are use $filelist^ for substitution I'm wondering could I use this variable as parameter for the perl script. Then I would be able to iwexattr command in the perl script itself

<script cmd=C:/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl C:/perl.ipl $filelist^....>

Would I be able do that or that parameter is specifically for substituion in configuration files

Thanks,

PA

Adam Stoller

Thanks,

but how can you just deal with files that have a certain extended attribute because I couldn't find it in the manual.

In the manual it just talks about how to filter certain files for deployment based on their names or extensions, but I want to know how to filter it based on extended attributes or is there a such a thing?

If you can edit your last post - please do so - it appears to have some formatting in it which is breaking the thread.
(I also sent a note to the DevNet admin about this)