Re: [mv] If file exists... show it

[Handytman@aol.com]

mikeh@minivend.com writes:

<< I am still seeing this one here all of the time, as well as one or two
 other things in the FAQ section. Anyone have a method for getting the
 word out? A new title for the FAQ question? Requiring people to sign a
 statement before downloading? 8-)

Mike,
I am sorry. I did not even think to check the FAQ. Shame on me. Thanks for 
the reproof, much-needed as it was. Dare I ask, please indulge me once more. 
I can see that for using the tag I'm using [value mv_searchspec] inside the 
[if-file] tag, there needs to be some "quoting". What I tried originally is:
[if file /opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/[value 
mv_searchspec].gif]

Doesn't work. Neither does quoting the [value mv_searchspec] tag:
[if file 
/opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/"[value 
mv_searchspec]".gif]

or single quotes:
[if file 
/opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/'[value 
mv_searchspec]'.gif]

So I tried quoting the whole path(no success):
[if file 
"/opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/[value 
mv_searchspec].gif"] *or*
[if file 
'/opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/[value 
mv_searchspec].gif']

The FAQ inspired me to try an 'href' property:
Nothing that I have tried so far works. Although, I took out the value tag 
and inserted the name of an existing file, and it worked then (naturally).

So, please forgive me, I know the answer to this question is probably very 
obvious, but I can't seem to find it. How can I use the search string 
(mv_searchspec) as a portion of a file (absolute) path in the [if file][/if] 
tags?

Thank you <strong>very</strong> much,
Rob Maurer


...

[if file 
href="/opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/artifacts.
gif"]
[if file 
"/opt2/home3/titanicmemorabilia/public_html/titanic/images/sys/artifacts.gif"]
 
 =head1 Things about MiniVend that people sometimes don't understand....
 
 There are a few things that seem to escape some users
 in the documentation. This is no doubt due to the author's
 closeness and familiarity with the concepts of MiniVend.
 
 This section attempts to explain some of these basic issues.
 [snip]
 
 =head2 How can I tell when I need to quote a tag inside a tag?
 
 In general, you don't need to quote the following tags
 which are interpreted first within a list:
 
     [item-code] [item-data ...] [item-field ...] etc.
     [loop-code] [loop-data ...] [loop-field ...] etc.
     [sql-code]  [sql-data ...]   [sql-field ...] etc.
 
 This is because they are interpreted as a part of the
 surrounding C<[loop]>, C<[item-list]>, C<[search-list]>,
 C<[sql list]>, or C<[tag each table]> constructs.
 
 So this will work:
 
     [item-list]
     [page [item-field url]]detailed info[/page] on [item-description]
     [/item-list]
 
 This will I<not> work:
 
     [page [value mypage]]
 
 The [value ...] tag is not interpolated before page, and the parser will
 not know to do so. It needs to be instead:
 
     [page href="[value mypage]"]
 
 Clear as mud, right? Well, at least if you quote them all you can't go
 wrong. 8-)
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