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Subject: RE: multiple input files to one output file From: Linda van den Brink <lvdbrink@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:07:33 +0100 |
Speed isn't really an issue for me. In our current situation it takes hours and hours to generate WinHelp from our home-built system. -----Original Message----- From: Eric van der Vlist [mailto:vdv@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 10:51 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: multiple input files to one output file Hi, Linda is mentioning "thousands of files"... It may be worthwhile to check that the files are closed and the resources released for each iteration of the for-each loop. Do you know if it's the case ? My 0,02 euros. Eric Mike Brown wrote: > > > I do have XML files that specify the filenames and paths of all the > > documents in a specific subdirectory. Could I somehow read such a > > filenames-file and call the document function for each of the > > files listed, and then extract the information I want from each > > document? > > Wow, you are 90% of the way there just with your description of what you > want. You even used the words "for each" :-) > > In filenames_file.xml you could have: > > <someURIs> > <file>file1.xml</file> > <file>file2.xml</file> > <file>http://foo/file3.xml</file> > <file>file://D|/dev/src/file4.xml</file> > <file>../../file5.xml</file> > </someURIs> > > Then in a template in your XSL you could have: > > <xsl:for-each select="document('filenames_file.xml')/someURIs/file/text()"> > <xsl:variable name="current_file_root" select="document(string(.))"/> > <!-- the next lines are just for example --> > <xsl:text>

current file: </xsl:text> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> > <xsl:text>
# of elements: </xsl:text> > <xsl:value-of select="count($current_file_root//*)"/> > </xsl:for-each> > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric van der Vlist Dyomedea http://www.dyomedea.com http://www.ducotede.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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