Not working for Seapine Surround 2014 version.

[palash-holkar]

Script is not able to parse the output of history command properly.
Also script seems to lack support for handling of whitespaces properly.
I am using 2014.1.0 Build 17.

[JElchison]

Hi @palash-holkar! Thanks for your post.

Unfortunately, I haven't tested anything newer than 2013 (see also #42). From the code:

# Last tested using:
#   * Python 2.7.6
#   * GNU bash, version 4.3.11(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
#   * sscm command-line client version:  2013.0.0 Build 23 (Linux)
#   * Git version 1.9.1
#   * Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
#   * Linux 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:58:01 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

There have been a number of forks, so maybe some of those folks have had luck. On my end, and with others that I know, most of us have abandoned hope due to deficiencies in Surround's API and/or CLI. Further, we've learned that some of the issues are technically intractible, like #34.

An example of the API deficiency is the whitespace issue you're citing. If the API were suitable, then there would be no need to parse output from the inconsistent CLI.

Personally, I don't have access to 2014. If you do, I'm more than willing to review your pull requests. Otherwise, I recommend trying your hand with 2013 and the environment cited in the code.

Please report back if you have any better luck!

[palash-holkar]

Hi @JElchison

Thanks for reply.
I am able to update parsing logic to parse the output of history command(sccm history ...)
But then I got stuck at :
`
print("data %d" % os.path.getsize(localPath))

with open(localPath, "rb") as f:

print(f.read())

return mark
`
Script is opening a file (localPath) and in my case file is .doc file ( & xls too). I guess python can't open doc or xls files, so do you know any alternative to above approach?

Thanks,
Palash