Document Expiration Issues

Please help me understand this process.
When you run the following command
iwextattr -s /description/expire_date=2002-11-15 \default\main\path\test.html

will the expiration date be saved in pe_dates.db database?

I am trying to set an expiration date for certain files using iwextattr. Those files should automatically be deleted when expried by a script running nightly. It doesn't seem to be updating this database. Are there any setup involved?

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iwovGraduate

What is the pe_dates.db database ? As far as I know, this is not a part of TeamSite.

If you are using DataDeploy, you can configure DD to export the metadata aka TS extended attributes to a database. TeamSite itself does not export/store any data to a external RDBMS.

Saif

1. I guess the question is when I set the metatags where are they stored? I am trying to set the expiration date through Set Metadata or by using iwextattr ctl. then use a script to delete all the expired files.
2. Can I access the metatag elements through a perl program without using DataDeploy DAS? I am not sure if we have datadeploy.

iwovGraduate

The metadata/extended attributes are stored in the TeamSite backing store.

The only way to set/get it is through the TeamSite GUI or via CLT -- iwextattr. Look at the CLT manual or just type iwextattr from command line / shell to get usage information.

Note: I hope by the word "metatag" in your post you mean TeamSite extended attributes and NOT the "META" tag in HTML.

Does that answer your question(s) ?