Clearcase labeling with spaces in filenames

Working with spaces in filenames is a right royal pain - should be a criminal offence, if you ask me! (if it wasn't for -0 on xargs and -print0 on find, it'd be a lot more painful, but I digress :-)

Clearcase has it's own slightly different set of tools which doesn't help matters either. So one problem you commonly face is "I want to apply a label across some specific set of files, but some of them have spaces in them." The standard tricks don't work, but fortunately there is a workaround. Here 'tis.

shadowfax:> cleartool find . -type f -version "some criteria" -exec 'cleartool mklabel MY_NEW_LABEL "$CLEARCASE_XPN"'

'XPN' gives us the extended pathname (as opposed to 'PN'), and the double quotes cover the space-in-filename issue. Just one of them dang things you blog about because you never know when you'll need it again later :-)

tech/misc | 17 Jul 2007 | #

linux.conf.au 2008 CFP closing soon

Are you planning on submitting a talk or tutorial for linux.conf.au 2008?

Get your submissions in by Friday 20th July.

And for those of you concerned about the video option - please don't worry. It's entirely optional. We are aware that many people don't have the means or expertise to make a video and get it online - but for those who do, for those who want to, go for it!

** please forward this message to friends and colleagues you believe should make a submission to present at linux.conf.au 2008 **

tech/linux-australia/lca2008 | 16 Jul 2007 | #

Second Goal Reached

The second goal has now been reached. Another 5% body weight reduction in 4 weeks - 2 weeks ahead of schedule (the black day final deadline)

Total loss: 15% in 13 weeks.

exercise | 16 Jul 2007 | #

LinuxSA July 2007 - Hacking and mapping on OpenWRT and OLSR

  Hi all,

  Time for the July meeting announcement (it's next Tuesday)...

  The usual details:

   When:   7:00pm-9:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) on
           Tuesday, 17th July, 2007
   Where:  Senior Secondary Assessment Board
           of South Australia (SSABSA)
           Boardroom (1st floor)
           60 Greenhill Road
           Wayville SA
   Cost:   FREE
   Who:    Anyone and everyone.
           No pre-registration necessary.

  Presentation:

   Kim Hawtin will be doing a presentation about "hacking and mapping
   on OpenWRT and OLSR".  OpenWRT is a Linux distribution for embedded
   devices, such as the Linksys WRT54G wireless router.  OLSR is a
   routing protocol for mobile ad-hoc networks (think mesh networking).

  Finding the Venue and Parking:

   You can park either beneath or next to the SSABSA building.  If you
   are driving west along Greenhill road, you can turn left into the
   driveway if you are going slow enough to notice the sign and turn in
   time :-), or you can turn left at the next road, and left again to
   go along the street behind the building to access the carpark that
   way.

   If you try to enter the building from street level but the doors are
   locked, walk down the stairs and use the lift in the below-ground
   carpark.

  Pizza:

   After the meeting, please join us for pizza at San Giorgios (cnr.
   Frome Street and Rundle Street in the city).

  For more information:

   Email:        organisers@linuxsa.org.au
   Web Page:     http://www.linuxsa.org.au/
   Mailing List: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
   IRC:          #linuxsa on irc.freenode.net

tech/LinuxSA | 12 Jul 2007 | #