apm_read_package_info_file

apm_read_package_info_file path

Defined in packages/acs-core/apm-procs.tcl

Reads a .info file, returning an array containing the following items:

• path: a path to the file read
• mtime: the mtime of the file read
• provides and $requires: lists of dependency information, containing elements of the form [list $url $version]
• owners: a list of owners containing elements of the form [list $url $name]
• files: a list of files in the package, containing elements of the form [list $path $type]
• includes: a list of included packages
• Element and attribute values directly from the XML specification: package.key, package.url, name (the version name, e.g., 3.3a1, url (the version URL), package-name, option, summary, description, distribution, release-date, vendor, group, vendor.url, and description.format.

This routine will typically be called like so:

array set version_properties [apm_read_package_info_file $path]

to populate the version_properties array.

If the .info file cannot be read or parsed, this routine throws a descriptive error.

Parameters:

path