Question

I am using a batch script for getting the latest version of specific projects. This script only runs tf.exe and gets the latest version of some Binaries. Everything works fine, but I would like to change the attrib of the downloaded files to be writeable (by deafult these files are read-only). For that I want to determine the local path of the files and use the attrib-command from batch.

tf.exe workfold [Workspace] shows me the local path in some kind of listing but it would be easier, if it only shows me what I want so I can use the prompt. Until now the it looks like this:

tf.exe workfold [Workspace]

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Arbeitsbereich: XYZ-xxxxxx (Username)

Auflistung: TFS-URL

[Workspace]:  C:\xxx\TFS\xxx

Is it possible to determine only the local path mapping of a TFS Workspace so that I can use the prompt for the attrib-command without parsing?

Answer 1

What about the following (crude!!!) concept?

function Get-TfsWorkfold([string]$TfsCollection, [string]$TfsWorkspace)
{
    $TfExePath = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe"
    Write-Output "Getting workfold for '$TfsCollection'->'$TfsWorkspace'..."
    Push-Location $LocalPath
    & "$TfExePath" workfold /collection:$TfsCollection /workspace:$TfsWorkspace
}

function Handle-Path()
{
    param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Position=0)] [string] $line)
    $startIndex = $line.IndexOf(': ') + 2;
    $correctedLine = $line.subString($startIndex, $line.length - $startIndex - 1);
    Write-Output $correctedLine;
    Get-ChildItem $correctedLine
}

Get-TfsWorkfold "{serverAndcollection}"  "{workspace}" > c:\temp\test.txt
Select-String c:\temp\test.txt -pattern:': ' | Select-Object Line | Handle-Path

The last line in Handle-Path is the example which you can rewirte with whatever you want to. It is PowerShell but it should work as you want.

Replace {serverAndcollection} and {workspace}.