ExternalFile - getting back the file
Hi :-) I'm using the ExternalFile product: http://www.zope.org/Members/arielpartners/ExternalFile because I need to have a file both in ZMI, as well as in filesystem. I would like to ask if anyone can tell me how to get back the file that ExternalFile was created from, having only the object? In fact I do not need the file itself, but tha data (bytes) that were inside. I would be very grateful for any help. Best regards, Maciej Zieba
At Wednesday 19/7/2006 15:16, krokodylek@tenbit.pl wrote:
I'm using the ExternalFile product:
http://www.zope.org/Members/arielpartners/ExternalFile
because I need to have a file both in ZMI, as well as in filesystem.
I would like to ask if anyone can tell me how to get back the file that ExternalFile was created from, having only the object? In fact I do not need the file itself, but tha data (bytes) that were inside.
Do you mean, the file in the filesystem does not exist anymore? An ExternalFile is like a "pointer" to a file, it does not store the actual file content, so if the original file is not there you can't get anything. Or, if you are asking about how to retrieve the (existing) file contents, look in the sources for the getContents() method. Gabriel Genellina Softlab SRL __________________________________________________ Pregunt�. Respond�. Descubr�. Todo lo que quer�as saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, est� en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). �Probalo ya! http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas
krokodylek@tenbit.pl wrote:
Hi :-)
I'm using the ExternalFile product:
http://www.zope.org/Members/arielpartners/ExternalFile
because I need to have a file both in ZMI, as well as in filesystem.
I would like to ask if anyone can tell me how to get back the file that ExternalFile was created from, having only the object? In fact I do not need the file itself, but tha data (bytes) that were inside.
I would be very grateful for any help.
Best regards, Maciej Zieba
a) why do you need access to *both* the file system *and* the ZMI for the same object? (because ExternalFile (says) the external files appear as objects in the ZMI) b) You want to "get back the file that ExternalFile was created from, having only the object"? Can you explain that? Sounds like Freud would be interested. David
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