[ic] [if file] question

Mike Heins mike at perusion.com
Mon Aug 6 10:30:02 EDT 2007


Quoting Dan Bergan (danb at berganconsulting.com):
> On 8/6/07, Mike Heins <mike at perusion.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > >
> > > My catalog directory is:
> > > /var/lib/interchange/catalog
> > >
> > > The actual directory is in my httpdocs directory, called "files".  So,
> > > I created a symbolic link to the "files" directory.  So, now there is
> > > a sub-directory:
> > > /var/lib/interchange/catalog/files
> > > And then I tried: [if type=file term=|files/test.txt|]found![/if]
> > >
> > > Can the [if file] follow a symbolic link?
> >
> > Yes it can, presuming your file system permissions permit that. It
> > is just a perl file test.
> >
> > Try from the shell:
> >
> >         $ touch /var/lib/interchange/catalog/test.txt
> >
> 
> As the interchange user:
> $touch /var/lib/interchange/catalog/files/test.txt
> 
> this seemed to work -- returned nothing.
> 
> > Then in the page:
> >
> >   [if file test.txt]found! [else] NOT FOUND [/else] [/if]
> 
> [if type=file term=|files/test.txt|]found! [else] NOT FOUND [/else] [/if]

I just realized you decided to make up your own test syntax -- I told
you what to put. If what I put works, and what you did didn't, then
it is in the permissions of your file system.

-- 
Mike Heins
Perusion -- Expert Interchange Consulting    http://www.perusion.com/
phone +1.765.647.1295  tollfree 800-949-1889 <mike at perusion.com>

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