From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 23:15:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98AC6106578C for ; Wed, 28 May 2008 23:15:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FAF38FC14 for ; Wed, 28 May 2008 23:15:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so2647383wfg.7 for ; Wed, 28 May 2008 16:15:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=PlHo33aWIb4Ns4lS/Qw5RAzuBgLxKprNOs5SUOt+X7E=; b=UqVJjjpgTNxE4+noRQu5lbXYLH0GkFyZWARTXuVLhxbbhf3i+gvXOBJ9NAogG6G+Bgv9t23pEjAh9F01kJ5zfBE98byMvMJRgPJRed5JoIq3cVhJJSeyvPZNzP6ZdX7uxldomn6NWTD0p2D+iAB6eCQgFIlLn9KwmSg4g2tnZA4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SgE9Pk/ap0RyAqHBsIbbIEjMoYHmk5Me+6vQ5ETpy8K1Q2MihIxzsqjCFipEimj/U1IKcrjR6MK4ALQT3WLxLKwBtSXPoXDkwsC9SXq+L2tgcJonOIEsCrhoRrSXC3E0V4FamdxLGZb6GFJlPUcB7bIhs0Y3hiYqzjcN9rjuQiQ= Received: by 10.142.128.6 with SMTP id a6mr1265673wfd.331.1212016531162; Wed, 28 May 2008 16:15:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.87.9 with HTTP; Wed, 28 May 2008 16:15:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:15:31 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Chris Whitehouse" In-Reply-To: <483DE440.8040308@onetel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <26face530805241258y199474edkcef7f79f8569b216@mail.gmail.com> <4838981D.4010906@onetel.com> <483DE440.8040308@onetel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix command-line tools to edit SharePoint site? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:15:31 -0000 On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Chris Whitehouse >> wrote: >>> >>> Kelly Jones wrote: >>>> >>>> I begrudgingly use a Windows SharePoint server at a customer's request. >>>> >>>> I'd like to automate (command-line) updating and creating documents, >>>> lists, etc. >>>> >>>> Is there a Unix tool that does this? >>>> >>>> I know SharePoint has an "API", which basically spoofs the GET/POST >>>> calls that your browser would make(?). >>>> >>>> Has anyone written a Unix command-line tool (or Perl module, etc) that >>>> abstracts this? >>> >>> Is this what you want? >>> >>> http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> Chris >> >> If you want to use some/many/most of the core utils on Windows, you'll >> be much better off with http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net >> >> unxutils seems pretty moribund, and I have not been successful >> downloading the updates from that site for a while. >> >> Kurt > > I'll have a look at these, thanks for the suggestion. I have to say though > the unxutils commands that I have used work perfectly well despite their > age, don't require cygwin and don't do silly registry things on windows. I > need this as I'm using them on a work computer which I am not allowed to > install software on :P > > Chris The unxutils work well, but the gnuwin32 stuff is a bit more current, and more complete. They don't require any registry fiddling nor extra DLLs, either, just like the unxutils stuff. I stick them in a directory, and set my path up with that. Works well for me, anyway. HTH, Kurt