[Zope-Annce] StartupScripts 0.9.0 Released

grahamd@dscpl.com.au grahamd@dscpl.com.au
Wed, 1 May 2002 19:25:14 -0600 (MDT)


The StartupScripts product provides a way of having Python scripts in the
ZODB run when Zope first starts up. This is an initial release for the
purpose of having it more widely tested in practical situations. Feedback
would be much appreciated, especially as to whether there might be a
better way of doing things such as getting access to the application context
when required by the implementation.

Note that instances of the Python startup scripts need to be placed in the
root folder in order for them to get run at Zope startup. When run the
scripts will be run with the privileges of the script owner. The internal
implementation of the StartupScript object is such that it extends the
PythonScript object, so anything you can do with a normal Python script
you can also do with a StartupScript object. The only exception to this
may be that the "container" object passed to a script may not have all
the same methods and attributes which are present when a script object is
called through the web. Ie., no RESPONSE object, and no way of getting the
URL associated with the request.

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Graham Dumpleton (grahamd@dscpl.com.au)