Utilities

This section describes the utility elements available in the custom namespace defined by the eacToolkit.xsd XML schema.

For more details, refer to the eacToolkit.xsd schema file distributed within the file eacHandlers.jar.

Element Description
copy

This element defines a copy utility invocation, including the source and destination and whether or not the source pattern should be interpreted recursively. Multiple copy elements can be defined.

<copy id="CopyData" src-host-id="ITLHost" dest-host-id="ITLHost" 
    recursive="true" >
  <src>./data/incoming/*.txt</src>
  <dest>./data/processing/</dest>
</copy>
shell

This element defines a shell utility invocation, including the command to execute and the host on which the command will be executed. Multiple shell elements can be defined.

<shell id="ProcessData" host-id="ITLHost" >
  <command>perl procesDataFiles.pl ./data/incoming/data.txt</command>
</shell>
backup

This element defines a backup utility invocation, including the directory to archive, how many archives should be saved and whether the archive should copy or move the source directory. Multiple backup elements can be defined.

<backup id="ArchiveState" host-id="ITLHost" move="true" num-backups="5">
  <dir>C:\Endeca\apps\myApp\data\state</dir>
</backup>
rollback

This element defines a rollback utility invocation, including the directory whose archive should be recovered. Multiple rollback elements can be defined.

<rollback id="RollbackState" host-id="ITLHost">
  <dir>./data/state</dir>
</rollback>