NW Get File Time Info

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In Brief

This tool returns the stored times for all metadata. (ie. creation, modified, archived, accessed and metadata modified time).

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Posted:	11 May 2007
File Size:	4KB
License:	Free
Download:	/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/NWGetFileTimeInfo.pl
Publisher:	Dean Giles

Disclaimer

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Details

This tool returns the stored times for all metadata. (ie. creation, modified, archived, accessed and metadata modified time).

It uses the Virtual File Services (Originally called Virtual File Services for NetWare) which were ported over to Linux. The SDK for this API set can be downloaded from http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Virtual_File_Services_for_NetWare. The objective of the tool is to add a trustee to a file using XML as specified in the VFS for NetWare specification. It is intended to be used as a sample script for developers that may want to use the VFS API set to view and manage storage.

How to Use the file:

NWGetFileTimeInfo.pl is a Perl script. So Perl must be installed and running on the NetWare server that this file is being loaded on. NSS must be installed to get the VFS support.

To run the perl script type:

perl NWGetFileTimeInfo.pl VOLUME_NAME:PATH_NAME/FILE_NAME.EXT <enter>  

Where VOLUME_NAME is the name of the NSS volume where the file resides, and PATH_NAME is the path to the file, and FILE_NAME.EXT is the name of the file with its extension.

Example:

perl  NWGetFileTimeInfo.pl VOL1:home/file.txt <enter>

Sample output:

SERVER: perl NWGetFileTimeInfo.pl NSS1:home/file.txt
File Name: NSS1:HOME/FILE.TXT
 file is now open+<_ADMIN:/Manage_NSS/Volume/NSS1/File.xml 
Request Sent: <virtualIO><datastream name="command"/></virtualIO>
<fileRequest><fileInfo><getFileInfo><fileName>/media/nss/NSS1/file.txt</fileName>
<typeOfInfo><timeInfo/></typeOfInfo>
</getFileInfo></fileInfo></fileRequest> 
<fileReply> <fileInfo> <getFileInfo> 
<timeInfo>
<createdTime><UTC>1138225342</UTC><string>20060125144222</string></createdTime>
<archivedTime><UTC>0</UTC><string>00000000000000</string></archivedTime>
<modifiedTime><UTC>1138226108</UTC><string>20060125145508</string></modifiedTime>
<accessedTime><UTC>1177358708</UTC><string>20070423140508</string></accessedTime>
<metaDataModifiedTime><UTC>1168011148</UTC><string>20070423140505<string></metaDataModifiedTime>

<result value="0"><description>success</description></result> 
</getFileInfo> </fileInfo> <result value="0"><description>zOK</description></result> </fileReply> 

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Reader Comments

• I have modified it to read a folder and I output it to a text file that I can now read. I need to get when the contents last changed on 8 servers three times a day to confirm that the Zen Services are processing and not frozen. But, how do I get it not to open a screen that requires "Press to continue".