[mapserver-users] Listing mapfile dependencies

[Newcomb, Doug]

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Doug

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 3:08 PM, James Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a good way to list all of the dependencies (files, URLs, database
> connections, etc.) of a mapfile?
>
> I am trying to automate synchronizing mapfiles from our main server to
> Raspberry Pis to be used as mini-servers in the field.  To save space, I'd
> like to automatically get a list of all the files a particular mapfile
> depends on and only copy those instead of copying full directory trees
> which have many (large) unnecessary files.
>
> It seems like a complete solution might be very complex undertaking given
> the number of places resources can be referenced from: TILEINDEX, GDAL/OGR
> connections (vrt), TEMPLATES, data generated URLs formed inside of
> TEMPLATES, database connections, files that are really multiple files
> (.shp, .wld), etc.
>
> I can write something that deals with the subset of MapServer that we use,
> but was wondering if anyone had started something similar.
>
> Jim Klassen
>
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