[Zope] Tip: do scheduled site imports using load_site.py

[Maarten Slaets]

Maarten Slaets wrote:
> 
> Problem:
> --------
> You have a certain directory structure that needs to be imported into
> zope
> every day. If you just put
> 
> python z-load_site.py -p /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher -u
> user:password -v http://zope.site/dir  /localdir/*
> 
> in your crontab, it will fail the second time it runs, because it tries
> to
> import objects with id names that are already existing.
> 
> Solution:
> ---------
> One solution could be to wrap the manage_add calls to catch these
> exceptions
> (Oleg-way:-). I didn't succeed in doing that, but I found another
> solution
> already built into Zope:
> 
> modify 'def _checkId(self, id, allow_dup=0)' in
> '/lib/python/OFS/ObjectManager.py' to 'def _checkId(self, id,
> allow_dup=1)'
> 
> This auto-overwrites existing objects with the same name.
> Only drawback: if you upload a directory that way, the existing one is
> removed + all its contents at that time.
> 
> Hope this can be useful.
> 
> PS: I've attached a patch for ObjectManager.py for Zope 2.0.1 (yeah I
> know,
> it's old). To use it:
> 
> patch -iObjectManager.py.diff ObjectManager.py
> 
> you may need to modify '-iObjectManager.py.diff' to point to another
> directory...
> 
> --
> Maarten Slaets
> Web Developer
> KPNQwest Belgium
> http://www.fonky.com/vcard/MaartenSlaets/
> 
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Maarten Slaets
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