[mapserver-users] File name substitution in TILEINDEX file name?

[Jim Klassen]

URLs: Yes (because GDAL is involved and /vsicurl/ is probably
available), but it is going to be a lot slower than pointing to the file
directly.  Using consistent names (and potentially letting version
control handle history), creating consistent names via hard or symbolic
links (or saving twice as the consistent name and the dated name), or
rebuilding the tileindex are all probably better solutions if possible.

On 04/26/2016 12:57 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
> I did a quick test with _??_????_, but no luck.  Thinking on it some
> more.  this is probably the desired behavior, since interpreting the
> ?? chars correctly could lead to multiple files being selected.
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> I’m trying to maintain an archive of the tile set based on date, but
> use only the non-date formatted file name for MapServer.
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> Looks like the easiest is to use a generic naming scheme instead.  
> Hmm, I wonder, can a URL be used in the TILEINDEX as NAME instead of a
> filename?
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> bobb
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> “There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency
> something that should not be done at all.” 
>                         - Peter Drucker
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>> On Apr 26, 2016, at 12:42 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
>> <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us <mailto:bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>> wrote:
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>> All,
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>> I good one for you all.  I have a current TILEINDEX that has a file
>> naming scheme like so:
>>
>> “544000_144000_4000_01_2016_SAINT_PAUL.PNG”
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>> I was wondering if I can do something like this instead for the file
>> name:
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>> “544000_144000_4000_??_????_SAINT_PAUL.PNG”
>> or
>> “544000_144000_4000_*_SAINT_PAUL.PNG”
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>> Will these names be interpreted correctly?  is there some sort of
>> escaping needed?
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>> Thanks
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>> bobb
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>> “There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency
>> something that should not be done at all.” 
>>                         - Peter Drucker
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