NAME

Attache - Perl extension for interfacing to attcmd on WIn32

SYNOPSIS

  use Attache;
  # Create
  my $a=Attache->new('alfo_webteam');
  # Run a command
  $a->lsws() or warn("Problems on lsws");
  # Check errors, warnings, output
  if($attache->hasErrors()) {
      print STDOUT
          "completed, with ERRORS:\n",
          join("\n", $attache->errors()),"\n";
  }
  if($attache->hasWarnings()) {
      print STDOUT
          "completed, with WARNINGS:\n",
          join("\n", $attache->warnings()),"\n";
  }
  print STDOUT "Output:\n",join("\n",$attache->lastoutput()),"\n";

DESCRIPTION

Attache.pm is an OO interface to the ClearCase CLI facility on Win32 systems (attcmd). You need attcmd installed to be able to use this module.

METHODS

new($ws,[$attcmd])

Constructs a new attache command: takes the workspace as a mandatory argument. Optional argument is the path to attcmd.

getWs()

returns the curent workspace

setWs($ws)

sets the current workspace

vault()

Returns the local physical location for the current workspace, e.g:

    my $a=Attache->new("alfo_dev7");
    print $a->vault(),"\n";
    # prints F:\home\alf\ClearCase\alfo_dev7 on my machine

lastoutput()

returns the output of the last issued command, as an array of lines (trailing newlines and CR removed)

hasErrors()

true if the last command had erros

errors()

returns the error diagnostics of the last issued command, as an array of lines (trailing newlines and CR removed)

hasWarnings()

true if the last command had warnings

warnings()

returns the warning diagnostics of the last issued command, as an array of lines (trailing newlines and CR removed)

[any_attcmd_command]($argstring)

executes any given attache command, with the given args, for instance:

    my $a=Attache->new("alfo_dev7");
    $a->co(' -c "None of your business" /tt_vob/foo/bar/baz.cpp');

Arguments are processed by the shell, so caution with quoting, special characters etc. should be exercised. DO NOT include any workspace indication - it is automatically inserted.

Please consult the attache documentation to find out which commands are supported.

setlog($path,[$appendflag])

Calling setlog directs attache to direct the comand output ti the given file. If the (optional) $appendflag is true, the file is opened in append mode and any previous content is preserved, rather than truncated (the default). Calling

    $a->setlog(undef)

Disables logging.

EXPORT

None

INSTALLATION

Just drop in any directory of your INCLUDE path, or read the FindBin docs and do something along the lines of:

  use FindBin qw($Bin);
  use lib ($Bin,"$Bin/../perl/lib", "$Bin/../lib/perl","$Bin/../lib");
  #
  use Attache;

SUPPORTED VERSIONS AND PLATFORMS

Tested with perl 5.6 (ActiveState build 623) on Windows NT. For Unix, check the Clearcase wrapper on the nearest CPAN site (http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=Clearcase).

Lesser perl versions may work (I'm almost positive about 5.5). Windowze (non-NT) may also work, but I doubt it, as command.com is even more broken than cmd.exe .

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No effort is made to ensure workspace validity. Setlog should accept filehandle objects, and it should be possible to log directly to STDOUT or STDERR.

Due to the cretin way in which cmd.exe handles command line quoting, some combinations of (legitimate) arguments may break Attache - when this happens, please direct your grievances to:

    Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, U.S.A.

Every command starts a new attcmd.exe. If anybody knows a way to use attcmd over a pipe (or a COM interface, or something else) pls. let me know.

AUTHOR

Alessandro Forghieri, alf@orion.it

LICENSE

This code is released under the No-Copyright provisions of the GNU Public License

Attache - Perl extension for interfacing to attcmd on WIn32