Thanks Keith! I am pretty sure it wasn't there yet in 4.0, but you won't here me complain.. :-)
Kind regards, Geert > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Keith L. Breinholt > Sent: vrijdag 11 september 2009 16:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] RE: General Digest, Vol 63, Issue 32 > > Good summary as always Gert. > > Just one correction; you can create directories with a call > to xdmp:filesystem-directory-create() like this: > > xdmp:filesystem-directory-create( $dir, > <options xmlns="xdmp:filesystem-directory-create"> > <create-parents>true</create-parents> > </options> > ) > > This will create the directory path specified in $dir and all > parent directories if they don't already exist. > > NOTE: xdmp:filesystem-directory-create is not [yet] a > supported function but if it was removed from the xdmp > library MarkLogic would have to rewrite their admin interfaces. > > Keith L. Breinholt > ICS Content & Media > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > -----Original Message----- > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:45 +0200 > From: Geert Josten <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [MarkLogic Dev General] Operating system call from Xquery > To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <0260356c6dfe754ba6fa48e659a1433833364bf...@helios.olympus.borgus.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Hi Chetan, > > Sorry for the late reply. > > > Is there a way to make system call from xquery like move files from > > one directory to another, call shell scripts etc? > > MarkLogic has some filesystem functions. You can use > xdmp:filesystem-directory to get file listings, use > xdmp:filesystem-file to read a file as plain text, use > xdmp:document-get/insert to get text, binary or xml and > insert into the database (or use xdmp:document-load to do > both in one call), and use xdmp:save to write information > back to the file system. > > A description of these functions can be found here: > > http://developer.marklogic.com/pubs/4.1/apidocs/All.html > <http://developer.marklogic.com/pubs/4.1/apidocs/All.html> > > There is however no way to delete files or folders, nor a way > to create directories that way. To my knowledge it is not > possible to do system-calls from Xquery either, but you can > delegate such tasks to a second webservice is you like. You > could use MLJAM for that, but you have to consider security > when taking this approach. More on MLJAM can be found here: > http://developer.marklogic.com/code/ > <http://developer.marklogic.com/code/> > > You might like to consider putting a Java-layer (or > .Net-layer) between MarkLogic Server and the front-end. Then > you can do filesystem stuff in there and do only database > things in xquery. > > > Can MarkLogic pull data from FTP site? > > To my knowledge, no. But you could do that in the Java-layer > as well. It can retrieve content through HTTP(S) though, > perhaps that is a suitable alternative? > > Kind regards, > Geert > > > Drs. G.P.H. Josten > Consultant > > > http://www.daidalos.nl/ > Daidalos BV > Source of Innovation > Hoekeindsehof 1-4 > 2665 JZ Bleiswijk > Tel.: +31 (0) 10 850 1200 > Fax: +31 (0) 10 850 1199 > http://www.daidalos.nl/ > KvK 27164984 > De informatie - verzonden in of met dit emailbericht - is > afkomstig van Daidalos BV en is uitsluitend bestemd voor de > geadresseerde. Indien u dit bericht onbedoeld hebt ontvangen, > verzoeken wij u het te verwijderen. Aan dit bericht kunnen > geen rechten worden ontleend. > > > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and destroy all copies of the original message. > > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general
