[Koha-devel] request bulkmarcimport assistance

Wed Feb 2 11:20:56 CET 2005

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 01:00:37PM -0600, Bruffey, Mark wrote:
> Hi Joshua! I have tried to respond below so that you may be able to
> figure out where I am in the process. I have tried to be somewhat
> detailed; I hope this is appropriate.
Sure is ... the more detail the better ... one note though, standard
reply syntax is to use > for the message you're replying to and nothing
for your new comments fyi.  This makes it a bit easier to parse through.
See my comments below.

> ### I understand. [I have /var/lib/mysql/csl and /var/lib/mysql/cslr and
> wish to relocate them to /csl/anydir1 and /csl/anydir2 ; see below]
> 
> ### I have done this. [/etc/koha-csl.conf and /etc/koha-cslr.conf as
> well as /etc/koha-httpd-csl.conf and /etc/httpd-cslr.conf, pointing
> properly, I think, since I can call up both user interfaces and both
> admin interfaces on the net at the designated ip adddresses.
> 
> ### I think I have gotten the initial dual setup done "properly" but, as
> you say, some customization remains. For me this appears to entail
> getting koha to import marc records to a dir specified by me
> [/csl/anydir1 or /csl/anydir2] and getting and koha and/or mysql (maybe
> just mysql?) to look for the data in the that location specified by me,
> not in /var/lib/mysql/csl or /var/lib/mysql/cslr as the case may be.
> There MUST be a config file with these paths or variable to them
> somewhere; I'm just not sure where to look.
Especially since you're running FC3 this is a bad idea (it will really 
annoy SElinux).  In general, I'd recommend keeping the standard
database directory that mysql uses.

> 
> ### There's one other issue that I think is important. When I ran the
> bulkmarcimport.pl from the /csl/koha/_"csl"_ directory, the data ended
> up in the /var/lib/mysql/_"cslr"_ directory. "cslr" was the _second_ of
> the two install routines I did, so this leads me to believe that
> bulkmarcimport.pl, no matter the dir in which it is executed, is running
> in the same "context" [?]. What files does bulkmarcimport.pl look at?
I suspect that your second install overwrote or appended the path variables
so a command like the one Stephen suggested might work.  You should also
make sure that your installation is actually using the right koha.conf file
and not another one (check for /etc/koha.conf for instance).

Joshua

> 
> ### Sincere thanks for your assistance. Mark ###
> 
> 
> For instance, afaik Koha will always put the koha.conf file in /etc.
> Just copy that file to wherever you want to store it and update your
> koha-httpd.conf accordingly.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Joshua
> 
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 12:34:14PM -0500, Stephen Hedges wrote:
> > Mark, I could be wrong about this (and if I am, I hope someone 
> > corrects me quickly!), but if you have two installs, I assume you have
> 
> > two different paths to Koha:  something like /usr/local/koha and 
> > /usr/local/koha2.  So if you change the PERL5LIB environment variable 
> > accordingly, you should be able to control where the data goes, 
> > because Koha will grab the appropriate "context" from the path you 
> > specify.  You might do: # export 
> > PERL5LIB=/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules
> > to load records in one install, and
> > # export PERL5LIB=/usr/local/koha2/intranet/modules
> > to load records into the other install.
> > You'd need to take out any "use lib
> "/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules";"
> > statement that you might have added to bulkmarcimport.pl
> > 
> > Stephen
> > 
> > Bruffey, Mark said:
> > > Thanks for your assistance Stephen. The routine ran fine, but, since
> 
> > > I have two installs I am trying to keep separate, I need a way to 
> > > designate where the data will go. It appears that the data path 
> > > defaults to /var/lib/mysql/variablename. I need to designate two 
> > > separate data paths, preferably not as a subdir of /var/lib/mysql, 
> > > and have my two instances of KOHA be able to find the right set of 
> > > data. Is this possible? If so, what do I need to do to implement 
> > > this change? Sincere thanks, Mark
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stephen Hedges [mailto:shedges at skemotah.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:08 AM
> > > To: Bruffey, Mark
> > > Cc: koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] request bulkmarcimport assistance
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark, could it be that your perl can't find the Koha C4 directory? 
> > > (Although that usually produces a different error.)  Try this:
> > >
> > > Before you run "./bulkmarcimport.pl", export the directory where C4
> > > resides: # export PERL5LIB=/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules
> > > (that's the normal directory for most installs, change it if yours 
> > > is
> > > different.)
> > >
> > > Or if you use bulkmarcimport a lot, add this line to the list of 
> > > "use" statements at the beginning of the script: use lib 
> > > "/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules";
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > > Bruffey, Mark said:
> > >> I'm getting the following error when attempting to run
> > >> bulkmarcimport.pl:
> > >>
> > >> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./bulkmarcimport.pl line 10.
> > >>
> > >> It seems like I had a similar problem when I imported records some 
> > >> months ago, but, of course, I do not appear to have documented the 
> > >> solution to it . . . .
> > >>
> > >> Sincere thanks for any assistance.
> > >>
> > >> Mark
> > >>
> > >> L. Mark Bruffey
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> > >>
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> > --
> > Stephen Hedges
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> > 
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