source: extensions/net.sf.basedb.xfiles/trunk/README @ 2527

Requirements

1. BASE 3.3 or later.

Introduction

This package is an extension package to BASE that adds support for more protocols for accessing external files. The current release include support for:

• FTP
• FTPS
• SFTP

The homepage for this extension: ​http://baseplugins.thep.lu.se/wiki/net.sf.basedb.xfiles

Installation

See ​http://baseplugins.thep.lu.se/wiki/net.sf.basedb.xfiles/install

Using

See ​http://baseplugins.thep.lu.se/wiki/net.sf.basedb.xfiles/using

Compiling

To compile this package you also need:

1. Ant 1.9
2. Java 1.7

Follow these instructions:

1. Download the source code from the subversion repository. See ​http://baseplugins.thep.lu.se/wiki/net.sf.basedb.xfiles for instructions.

2. Type ant download-lib to automatically download the BASE core JAR files that are neeed for compilation. You can also do this manually by copying the base-core-3.x.jar file from the BASE installation directory (<basedir>/www/WEB-INF/lib/) to the ./lib/compile directory.

3. Type 'ant' to compile the code and generate the 'xfiles.jar' file in the project directory.

4. Use 'ant package' to create a downloadable tar.gz package.

Tip: If you need different values for any of the properties defined in the 'build.xml' file, create a file named 'build.properties' and set the values there.