Getting version number for a folder

[Hans Olav Nymand]

Hi,

When I use the "Show history" function on a folder and select "View folder history by version", the resulting view will have a maximum (or latest) version number in the 1st line (top line).

I take this can be referred to as the "folder version".

I am looking for a way to get the "folder version" for a specified folder either via command-line or even better via Keyword expansion.

The reason is that I would like to use this number as a kind of build-number.

Today we work with a version number with a classical structure major.minor.release.build.

All 4 are updated manually - it would be great if the last of the 4 could be assigned automatically from vault, preferably by keyword expansion (I imagine something like $FolderVersion <foldername>$ or by command-line (we can then make a small script for this).

Best regards,
Hans Olav Nymand

[GregM]

This is what we use to make our build number out of the transaction ID.

$vaultexe = $ENV{'VAULT_EXE'};
$vault = $ENV{'VAULT_TRUNK'};

$commandline = "\"$vaultexe\" versionhistory -rowlimit 1 -datesort desc -norecursive -excludeactions label -repository \"Default Repository\" $vault";

#Run the vault command and store results
$result = `$commandline`;

#Extract the value of the 'txid="*"' field
$result =~ /txid=\"(\d+)\"/;

$txid = $1;

#Extract the value of the 'version="*"' field
$result =~ /version=\"(\d+)\"/;

$folderversion = $1;