Thanks Dan,
I was browsing the documentation
in Eclipse, and it only shows the first <documentation> node in its GUI,
so I missed this. I switched to source view and wow… Look at all that
documentation :-)
Thanks,
Ken
From: Haynes, Dan
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Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:43 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [OVAL-DEVELOPER-LIST] Question regarding the new
<filepath> element and recurse behavior...
Hi Ken,
When
the filepath entity was introduced into OVAL v5.6, it was decided that
behaviors would only apply to the path and filename entities and not the
filepath entity. This was because the filepath entity was meant to
specify an absolute path to a file and it would not make sense to recurse over
a file. For your convenience, I have included the documentation for the
filehash_object regarding behaviors and the filepath entity.
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation>The filehash_object element is used by a file
hash test to define the specific file(s) to be evaluated. Each object extends
the standard ObjectType as definied in the oval-definitions-schema and one
should refer to the ObjectType description for more information. The common set
element allows complex objects to be created using filters and set logic.
Again, please refer to the description of the set element in the
oval-definitions-schema.</xsd:documentation>
<xsd:documentation>A filehash_object defines the path and
filename of the file(s). In addition, a number of behaviors may be provided
that help guide the collection of objects. Please refer to the
FilehashBehaviors complex type for more information about specific behaviors.</xsd:documentation>
<xsd:documentation>The set of files to be evaluated may be
identified with either a complete filepath or a path and filename. Only one of
these options may be selected.</xsd:documentation>
<xsd:documentation>It is important to note that the ‘max_depth’
and ‘recurse_direction’ attributes of the ‘behaviors’ element do not apply to
the ‘filepath’ element, only to the ‘path’ and ‘filename’ elements. This is
because the ‘filepath’ element represents an absolute path to a particular file
and it is not possible to recurse over a file.</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
Please
let me know if you have any other questions regarding this issue.
Thanks,
Danny
From: [hidden email]
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Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:59 PM
To: oval-developer-list OVAL Developer List/Closed Public Discussion
Subject: [OVAL-DEVELOPER-LIST] Question regarding the new
<filepath> element and recurse behavior...
Hi All,
I'm having a hard time grasping how
the recurse behavior works with file-based objects that specify path and
filename in one item entity (new to 5.6).
For instance:
<filehashobject>
<behaviors
recurse_direction='down' max_depth='3'/>
<filepath
operation='pattern match'>c:\a*txt$/</filepath>
</filehashobject>
I'm not sure what it means to
recurse this. When file and path are specified separately the flow is:
1) Get all matching paths.
2) Expand this list of paths
as directed by the recurse behavior.
3) Look in those paths for
matching files.
With path and file specified in one
entity, I don't see how to perform step 1 because it's impossible to split out
the path.
For instance...
Are the following folders to be
recursed?
c:\abctxt
c:\a
What if c:\a had a file in it
called readme.txt? What if c:\abctxt didn't?
Thanks,
Ken
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