SID-02451: rename script from CLI

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.1.0	Perl version:	5.8
Category:	CategoryAPI	Server OS:	RH 7	Last update:	5 years ago

Hello

Is it possible to run the rename script from the command line?

I want to archive old topics into a subweb of the current web. I find a list of topics to archive and put them into a bash script as follows

cd /twiki/bin; ./rename -topic MyWeb.MyTopic -user admin -newweb MyWeb.Archive -currentwebonly

The above command runs without problems and does not return any messages, however the topic is not moved

Thanks for any feedback

-- Peter Jones - 2020-08-01

Discussion and Answer

It turns out to be a bug, tracked at TWikibug:Item7906. Please apply this fix:

Index: TWiki/UI/Manage.pm
===================================================================
--- TWiki/UI/Manage.pm   (revision 30785)
+++ TWiki/UI/Manage.pm   (working copy)
@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    return undef unless (!$query || $query->request_method() =~ /^POST$/i );
+    return undef unless ( $session->inContext( 'command_line' ) ||
+                          !$query || $query->request_method() =~ /^POST$/i );
 
     my $new_url;
     my $trashWebName = $session->trashWebName(web => $oldWeb);

-- Peter Thoeny - 2020-08-02

Hi Peter Thanks for the reply

I made the suggested change, The rename script now returns the html of the form but does not actually execute the move.

Is it possible to force the 'Submit' of the form?

Pete

-- Peter Jones - 2020-08-03

Hmm, not sure why it does not work for you. I successfully tested the fix with this command:

$ ./rename -topic Sandbox.TestTopic5798 -user admin -newweb Sandbox -newtopic TestRename

If you have a non-WikiWord topic you need to add the nonwikiword flag, see TWikiScripts

-- Peter Thoeny - 2020-08-05

Hi Peter

Yes I confirm that it works as you have written it.

The -newtopic is necessary otherwise the form is returned without being submitted.

Thanks for your hep.

-- Peter Jones - 2020-08-07

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