EAs from a previous version

Andy Knipp

TS 552, Solaris 2.8.

So we are moving from DCRs corresponding to a PDF, to EAs on the PDF.

Part of the WF is that if field 1-4 of the DCR change, do something special for deployment (after the file was submitted).

So in the current WF, grabs the file, users iwattrib and iwcat to get the previous version of the file and checks the DCR.

Now that we are moving to EAs. This needs to change.

It does not appear you can use OID for iwextattr.

So what can I do ?

Here are a couple of options (with problems):

before the submit happens, iwextattr STAGING and iwextattr WA & I can decide if this needs to be done. Then the
question is how do I get this from 1 externaltask to another ?

or

iwlist /iwmnt/default/main/branch/EDITION get the list, subtract 1 and iwextattr -l from there.
Downside is that multiple WFs (some with optional delays) will mean that in some cases, the proper earlier edition might be -2 or 3.
How can I accurately determine what the proper hidden edition is ?

Tips/pointers/RTFMs greatly appreciated


Andy