Qualifiers

[Kenneth Brody]

Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> Yes, using ddefine to add a bunch of qualifiers to a filePro database is
> quickly done by ddefine, but Frank, I think, was staring at several
> hundred filePro database directories in each of which he wants to add
> the same five qualifiers.
> 
> I can see that being rather tedious.  But is it scriptable?
[...]

Pseudo-code (untested):

for file in list_of_files
do
   cd $PFDATA$PFDIR/filepro/$file
   for qual in list_of_qualifiers
   do
     create empty key$qual
     create empty data$qual
     for ix in A through Z
     do
       if index.$ix exists, copy (header of) index.$ix to index$qual.$ix
     done
     append "$qual" to qualifiers file
     chown/chmod key$qual data$qual index$qual.*
     rebuild all indexes in qualifier
   done
done

-- 
Kenneth Brody