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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting remote/automated OS X folder label indexes triggered from PHP Post 302651509 by bradlecat on Tuesday 5th of June 2012 05:56:47 PM
Old 06-05-2012
remote/automated OS X folder label indexes triggered from PHP
I have a shell script that updates OS X color label indexes of folders/files as specified in an XML file. This works from terminal, but not when I trigger it from Apache/PHP. The server is not public, so not too worried about security. I've tried to allow access in sudoers, but no dice. I could use a cron script to make the update, but was really hoping to not need to do that. Any ideas?

line in sudoers:

Code:
www-data ALL=NOPASSWD: /Library/WebServer/Documents/osx_labels/update_labels.sh

Example XML:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <entry>
        <name>/Library/WebServer/Documents/osx_labels/ATT-00242 - 1108_1112 Tutorial Videos</name>
        <color>Green</color>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <name>/Library/WebServer/Documents/osx_labels/ATT-00259 - Differentiated Pricing Mock-ups</name>
        <color>Blue</color>
    </entry>
</root>

update_labels.sh:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
count=1
input=/Library/WebServer/Documents/osx_labels/folders.xml
#input=http://staging.seven2.net/test/folders.xml

while [ -n "$name" -o $count = 1 ]
do
    #iterate XML with xpath to retrieve values and set folder label indexes
    name=`cat $input | xpath //entry[$count]/name 2>/dev/null | sed s/\<name\>//g| sed s/\<\\\\/name\>//g`
    color=`cat $input | xpath //entry[$count]/color 2>/dev/null | sed s/\<color\>//g| sed s/\<\\\\/color\>//g`
    if [ "$name" -a "$color" ]; then
		#setlabel from osxutils by Sveinbjorn Thordarson
		setlabel "$color" "$name" 
    fi
    count=$((count+1))
done

update_labels.php:

Code:
<?php
	$output = shell_exec("sh update_labels.sh");
	echo $output;
?>

---------- Post updated at 04:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:11 PM ----------

I didn't mention that I'm incredibly new at this stuff. I didn't think there were errors, and now I see:

update_labels.sh: line 14: setlabel: command not found
update_labels.sh: line 14: setlabel: command not found

So looks like osxutils commands are recognized only when run from terminal???
 

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irsend

IRSEND(1)								FSF								 IRSEND(1)

NAME

       irsend - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands

SYNOPSIS

       irsend [options] DIRECTIVE REMOTE CODE [CODE...]

DESCRIPTION

       Asks the lircd daemon to send one or more CIR (Consumer Infra-Red) commands. This is intended for remote control of electronic devices such
       as TV boxes, HiFi sets, etc.

       DIRECTIVE can be:
	  SEND_ONCE	    - send CODE [CODE ...] once
	  SEND_START	    - start repeating CODE
	  SEND_STOP	    - stop repeating CODE
	  LIST		    - list configured remote items
	  SET_TRANSMITTERS  - set transmitters NUM [NUM ...]
	  SIMULATE	    - simulate IR event

       REMOTE is the name of a remote, as described in the lircd configuration file.

       CODE is the name of a remote control key of REMOTE, as it appears in the lircd configuration file.

       NUM is the transmitter number of the hardware device.

       For the LIST DIRECTIVE, REMOTE and/or CODE can be empty:

	  LIST	 ""    ""   - list all configured remote names
	  LIST REMOTE  ""   - list all codes of REMOTE
	  LIST REMOTE CODE  - list only CODE of REMOTE

       The SIMULATE command only works if it has been explicitly enabled in lircd.

       -h --help
	      display usage summary

       -v --version
	      display version

       -d --device
	      use given lircd socket [/var/run/lirc/lircd]

       -a --address=host[:port]
	      connect to lircd at this address

       -# --count=n
	      send command n times

EXAMPLES

	  irsend LIST DenonTuner ""
	  irsend SEND_ONCE  DenonTuner PROG-SCAN
	  irsend SEND_ONCE  OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP
	  irsend SEND_START OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3
	  irsend SEND_STOP  OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
	  irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
	  irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1 3 4
	  irsend SIMULATE "0000000000000476 00 OK TECHNISAT_ST3004S"

FILES

       /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
	      Default lircd configuration file.  It should contain all the remotes, their infra-red codes and the corresponding timing	and  wave-
	      form details.

DIAGNOSTICS

       If lircd is not running (or /var/run/lirc/lircd lacks write permissions) irsend aborts with the following diagnostics:
       "irsend: could not connect to socket"
       "irsend: Connection refused" (or "Permission denied").

SEE ALSO

       The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.

       lircd(8), mode2(1), smode2(1), xmode2(1), irrecord(1), irw(1), http://www.lirc.org.

irsend 0.8.7pre1						     May 2010								 IRSEND(1)
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