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MST 2004 John Flecke42ae6f2004-02-27 03:26:30 +00001<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xmlcatalog</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="id2431614"></a><div class="titlepage"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xmlcatalog &#8212; Command line tool to parse and manipulate <span class="acronym">XML</span> or
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +00002 <span class="acronym">SGML</span> catalog files.</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt class="command">xmlcatalog</tt> [[--shell] | [--create] | [--add <i class="replaceable"><tt>type</tt></i>
3 <i class="replaceable"><tt>orig</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>replace</tt></i>] | [--del <i class="replaceable"><tt>values</tt></i>] | [--noout] | [--verbose]] [<tt class="option"><i class="replaceable"><tt>catalogfile</tt></i></tt>] [<tt class="option"><i class="replaceable"><tt>entities</tt></i></tt>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="introduction"></a><h2>Introduction</h2><p>
4 <span class="application">xmlcatalog</span> is a command line application
5 allowing users to monitor and manipulate <span class="acronym">XML</span> and
6 <span class="acronym">SGML</span> catalogs. It is included in
7 <span class="application">libxml2</span>.
MST 2001 John Fleck3fc555e2001-12-11 04:41:24 +00008 </p><p>
MDT 2001 John Fleck5bd39dc2001-09-03 15:14:19 +00009 Its functions can be invoked from a single command from the command line,
10 or it can perform multiple functions in interactive mode. It can operate
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000011 on both <span class="acronym">XML</span> and <span class="acronym">SGML</span> files.
12 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="cloptions"></a><h2>Command Line Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--shell</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000013 Run a shell
14 allowing interactive queries on catalog file
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000015 <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>.
16 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--create</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000017 Create a new
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000018 <span class="acronym">XML</span> catalog. Outputs to stdout, ignoring
19 <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i> unless <tt class="option">--noout</tt> is
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000020 used, in which case it creates a new catalog file
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000021 <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>.
22 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--add</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'type'</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'orig'</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'replace'</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000023 Add an entry to catalog file
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000024 <tt class="filename">filename</tt>. <i class="replaceable"><tt>type</tt></i>
25 indicates the type of entry. Possible types are 'public', 'system',
26 'rewriteSystem', 'delegatePublic', 'delegateSystem'amd
27 'rewriteURI'. <i class="replaceable"><tt>'orig'</tt></i> is the original
28 reference to be replaced, and <i class="replaceable"><tt>'replace'</tt></i>
29 is the <span class="acronym">URI</span> of the replacement entity to be
30 used. The <tt class="option">--add</tt> option will not overwrite
31 <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>, outputing to stdout, unless
32 <tt class="option">--noout</tt> is used. The <tt class="option">--add</tt> will
33 always take three parameters even if some of the
34 <span class="acronym">XML</span> catalog constructs will have only a single
35 argument.
MDT 2001 John Fleck5bd39dc2001-09-03 15:14:19 +000036
MST 2001 John Fleck3fc555e2001-12-11 04:41:24 +000037 </p><p>
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000038 If the <tt class="option">--add</tt> option is used following the
39 <tt class="option">--sgml</tt> option, only a single argument, a
40 <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>, is used. This is used to add
41 the name of a catalog file to an <span class="acronym">SGML</span>
MDT 2001 John Fleck60416fa2001-10-09 02:41:50 +000042 supercatalog, a file that contains references to other included
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000043 <span class="acronym">SGML</span> catalog files.
44 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--del</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'values'</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000045 Remove entries from the catalog file
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000046 <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i> matching
47 <i class="replaceable"><tt>'values'</tt></i>. The <tt class="option">--del</tt> option
48 will not overwrite <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>, outputing to
49 stdout, unless <tt class="option">--noout</tt> is used.
50 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--noout</tt></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000051 Save output to the named file rather than
52 outputing to stdout.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000053 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--sgml</tt></span></dt><dd>
54 Uses SGML Super catalogs for --add and --del options
55 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">-v</tt> or <tt class="option">--verbose</tt></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000056 output debugging
57 information.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000058 </dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="shell"></a><h2>Shell Commands</h2><p>Invoking <span class="application">xmlcatalog</span> with the
59 <tt class="option">--shell</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i> option opens
MDT 2001 John Fleck5bd39dc2001-09-03 15:14:19 +000060 a command line shell allowing interactive access to the catalog file
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000061 identified by <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>. Invoking the shell
MDT 2001 John Fleck5bd39dc2001-09-03 15:14:19 +000062 provides a command line prompt after which commands can be entered.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000063 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">public</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'PublicID'</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000064 Execute a
65 public identifier lookup of the catalog entry for
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000066 <i class="replaceable"><tt>'PublicID'</tt></i>. The corresponding entry will be
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000067 output to the command line.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000068 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">system</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'SystemID'</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000069 Execute a
70 public identifier lookup of the catalog entry for
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000071 <i class="replaceable"><tt>'SystemID'</tt></i>. The corresponding entry will be
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000072 output to the command line.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000073 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">add </tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'type'</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'orig'</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'replace'</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000074 Add an entry to the catalog
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000075 file. <i class="replaceable"><tt>type</tt></i> indicates the type of
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000076 entry. Possible types are 'public', 'system', 'rewriteSystem',
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000077 'delegatePublic' and 'delegateSystem'. <i class="replaceable"><tt>'orig'</tt></i>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000078 is the original reference to be replaced, and
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000079 <i class="replaceable"><tt>'replace'</tt></i> is the <span class="acronym">URI</span> of the
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000080 replacement entity to be used.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000081 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">del</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>'values'</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000082 Remove the
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000083 catalog entry corresponding to <i class="replaceable"><tt>'values'</tt></i>.
84 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">dump</tt></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000085 Print the current catalog.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000086 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">debug</tt></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000087 Print debugging statements showing the steps
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000088 <span class="application">xmlcatalog</span> is executing.
89 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">quiet</tt></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000090 Stop printing debugging statements.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000091 </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">exit</tt></span></dt><dd>
MDT 2001 John Fleckac941e32001-10-06 22:30:16 +000092 Quit the shell.
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +000093 </dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="return"></a><h2>Return values</h2><p><span class="application">xmlcatalog</span>'s return codes provide
MST 2004 John Flecke42ae6f2004-02-27 03:26:30 +000094 information that can be used when calling it from scripts.</p><p>0: normal</p><p>1: Failed to remove an entry from the catalog</p><p>2: Failed to save to the catalog, check file permissions</p><p>3: Failed to add an entry to the catalog</p><p>4: Failed to lookup and entry in the catalog</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>Catalogs</h2><p>Catalog behavior can be changed by redirecting
95 queries to the user's own set of catalogs. This can be done by setting the
96 <tt class="varname">XML_CATALOG_FILES</tt> environment variable to a list of
97 catalogs. An empty one should deactivate loading the default
98 <tt class="filename">/etc/xml/catalog</tt> default catalog.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>References</h2><p><a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/" target="_top">libxml web page</a></p><p><a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/catalog.html" target="_top"><span class="application">libxml</span>
MST 2001 John Fleck3fc555e2001-12-11 04:41:24 +000099 catalog support web page:</a></p><p><a href="http://www.jclark.com/sp/catalog.htm" target="_top">James Clark's
MST 2003 John Fleck937362d2003-01-27 00:04:32 +0000100 <span class="acronym">SGML</span> catalog page:</a></p><p><a href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec.html" target="_top"><span class="acronym">OASIS</span>
101 <span class="acronym">XML</span> catalog specification: </a></p></div></div></body></html>