Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:15:31 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: "Chris Whitehouse" <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix command-line tools to edit SharePoint site? Message-ID: <a9f4a3860805281615o43683b4lf31646ed2a83968c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <483DE440.8040308@onetel.com> References: <26face530805241258y199474edkcef7f79f8569b216@mail.gmail.com> <4838981D.4010906@onetel.com> <a9f4a3860805261929w175c42afm1d1da8d3831e206d@mail.gmail.com> <483DE440.8040308@onetel.com>
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On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> >> 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
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