iwextattr problems

MoReese

I am currently using script get_attributes.ipl and set_attributes.ipl as defined in the interwoven docuement "Extended attributes migration". The set_attributes.ipl script may try to exectute a cmd such as the following:

iwextattr -s /description/language=English //IWSERVER/default/main/
dev/WORKAREA/andre/products/index.html

This works fine, but if the attributes value is multiple words with a space, then it fails (this is the case frequently for me). For example:

iwextattr -s /description/language=Broken English //IWSERVER/default/main/
dev/WORKAREA/andre/products/index.html

This statement would fail in the script. Is this a limitation of the script? How can I migrate extended attributes that contain spaces in the valule? Is there a workaround?

Thanks,
Jay

nipper

Since I do not have this script, it is hard to debug. Was this from a KB article ?

It certainly does sound like a bug since

iwextattr -s test=blah blah ./test.pl fails but
iwextattr -s test="blah blah" ./test.pl works

If you can edit the set attribute script then you will
have to quote the attribute before the system command.
Of course " is a special character, so you will have to quote
it to quote the attribute.

Probably best to make a test copy that you can run from the
command line and play with it.

Then file a bug.

Andy