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nikolajhendel
12-01-2005, 02:36 AM
Hi
As far as I can read from the documentation, expiration date is a set date in the .ixl file.

Would it be possible to add a feature that generates the expiration date, depending on the rip date, fx by having extra parameters in the expiration tag?

So if I wanted to have an expiration data 30 days from rip/creation date:
<Expiration>
<Expires value="yes"/>
<Date value=""/>
<AddDay value="30"/>
<AddMonth value=""/>
<AddYear value=""/>
</Expiration>

Regards
Nick
iSilo
12-01-2005, 08:23 AM
We moved your message to the Requests and Suggestions (http://forum.isilo.com/announcement.php?f=33) sub-forum.
nikolajhendel
12-12-2006, 05:12 AM
I know this is a breach of conduct - but I just wanted to hear if this feature is considered.
We are using isiloxc in a production environment where we need to set a 3 month deadline on data that is generated every 14 days.
This means that I have to make 26 different ixl files with different expire dates.

The real problem occurs when we make changes to the site - then I have to make changes in all ixl files.

TIA
Nick
iSilo
12-12-2006, 11:37 AM
The feature is of course under consideration. But as a suggestion, you can automate the generation of the .ixl files.
nikolajhendel
12-13-2006, 02:34 AM
Hi
I'm not really following. I see no build in "ixl generate" feature in isiloxc that allows me to parse an ixl file with variable expiry dates.

Is the idea to find a tool that changes data in the ixl file before isiloxc is run ?

Hope you have time to elaborate
Nikolaj Hendel
iSilo
12-13-2006, 08:10 AM
The .ixl file is a text file and so it seems that you can write a script on your system that iterates over the possible expiration dates and writes out a new .ixl file with the proper expiration date. The script would not involve any calls to iSiloXC. In other words, instead of you having to use a text editor to manually modify all 26 .ixl files that you have, you have a script that automatically generates them based on whatever parameters you need. The script would not need to parse any .ixl files, it would simply write out whole new .ixl files.