xml

submit a request to the AccuRev Server in the form of an XML message

Usage

accurev xml -l <XML-file>

Description

The xml command submits a request to the AccuRev Server process. It provides a non-interactive general-purpose command dispatcher, supplementing the standard set of CLI commands.

For more information, see AccuWork™ Command-Line Interface.

Options

-l <XML-file>

Specifies the location of the XML-format message (document), containing the request for the AccuRev Server.

Example

You can use the xml command to query the history of a specific issue:

1.	Create an XML file as follows:

<historyIssue issueDB = "depot_name">

   <issueNum fid="1">issue_number</issueNum>

</historyIssue>

2.	Replace depot_name with the depot in which the issue is stored.

3.	Replace issue_number with the issue you want to query.

4.	Save the file (as history.xml, for example).

5.	Run the following command:

accurev xml -l history.xml > hist.out