Ok, so when I use the _ it emits data to the html form. Fair enough, for
recording the transcript (which I will want to to later in the process).
But in this case (reading the template.txt file), I don't want to see the
commands and the responses. Is there a similar _svn command that does not need
the _ ?
> On Jun 19, 2020, at 5:02 PM, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 19, 2020, at 4:50 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 00:44, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm getting an undefined local variable error [1] in this function at the
>>> ASF::SVN.svn_ line
>>>
>>> def get_template(url)
>>> Dir.mktmpdir do |tmpdir|
>>> tmpdir.untaint
>>>
>>> ASF::SVN.svn_('checkout', [url, tmpdir], _,
>>> {depth: 'empty', user: $USER, password: $PASSWORD})
>>>
>>> # Dir.chdir tmpdir do
>>> # IO.binwrite(name, @file.read)
>>> # ASF::SVN.svn_('add', name, _)
>>>
>>> # ASF::SVN.svn_('commit', name, _, {user: $USER, password: $PASSWORD})
>>> # end
>>> end
>>> 'This is a sample template with Name: __ Date: __ Metadata: __'
>>> end
>>>
>>> I'm sure it's just a big misunderstanding but where does the _ come from?
>>> I'm looking at proxy.cgi line 184.
>>
>> From the _html do block, see line 273 for example
>
> So that means that any svn activity must be in the context of the _html
> block? I was hoping to write some functions that would be called from
> different places because it's a bit distracting looking at svn code in the
> middle of an _html section...
>
>>
>> I've committed a fix.
>
> What was broken and what did you fix?
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
>
>>
>>> [Fri Jun 19 16:39:14.214049 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 16948] [client
>>> 127.0.0.1:64416] AH01215: /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi:16:in `block in
>>> get_template': undefined local variable or method `_' for main:Object
>>> (NameError): /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi
>>> [Fri Jun 19 16:39:14.214500 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 16948] [client
>>> 127.0.0.1:64416] AH01215: \tfrom
>>> /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.7.1_2/lib/ruby/2.7.0/tmpdir.rb:89:in `mktmpdir':
>>> /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi
>>> [Fri Jun 19 16:39:14.214584 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 16948] [client
>>> 127.0.0.1:64416] AH01215: \tfrom /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi:13:in
>>> `get_template': /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi
>>>
>>>> On Jun 19, 2020, at 2:38 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 19:50, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 2:40 PM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Big picture: I will read current-year/template.txt, substitute the name
>>>>>> and date from the $USER information, and present that to the user in a
>>>>>> scroll window with a button (Sign) at the bottom.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The server will then write that data to current-year/availid.txt and
>>>>>> send a message to avai...@apache.org, cc:secretary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's a start at reading the file, using repository.yml and document.rb:
>>>>>> coi_url = ASF::SVN.svnurl('conflict-of-interest-current-year')
>>>>>> current_timestamp = DateTime.now.strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
>>>>>> outputfile = File.join(coi_url, 'template.txt').untaint
>>>>>> template = File.read(outputfile)
>>>>>> affirmed = template.gsub("Name: __", "Name: _#{user.cn}_").gsub("Date:
>>>>>> __", "Date: _#{current_timestamp}_")
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then, in the form method for POST, I need to write the data to the (new)
>>>>>> file current-year/availid.txt. I have not found any code or examples how
>>>>>> to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a complete example:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/whimsy/blob/master/www/treasurer/bill-upload.cgi#L82
>>>>>
>>>>> Important points:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) be sure to validate your inputs as this could be a security hole.
>>>>> 2) Create a temporary directory, do an empty svn checkout into it,
>>>>> write contents of the file, and do an svn add and svn commit.
>>>>
>>>> You should be able to use ASF::SVN.update() to do that.
>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Craig L Russell
>>>>>> c...@apache.org
>>>>>
>>>>> - Sam Ruby
>>>
>>> Craig L Russell
>>> c...@apache.org
>>>
>
> Craig L Russell
> c...@apache.org <mailto:c...@apache.org>
Craig L Russell
c...@apache.org
