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11.13. Method: getFileRevision

Description

Get revision of the specified configuration file and transmit the contents as plain text.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for this method:

  • string sessionKey
  • string configChannelLabel - Label of config channel to look up
  • string filePath - Config file path to examine
  • int revision - Config file revision to examine
Returns

The following return values are available for this method:

  • struct - Configuration Revision information
    • string type
      • file
      • directory
      • symlink
    • string path - File path
    • string target_path - Symbolic link Target File Path. Present for Symbolic links only.
    • string channel - Channel name
    • string contents - File contents (base64 encoded according to the contents_enc64 attribute)
    • boolean contents_enc64 - Identifies base64 encoded content
    • int revision - File revision
    • dateTime.iso8601 creation - Creation date
    • dateTime.iso8601 modified - Last modified date
    • string owner - File owner; present for files or directories only
    • string group - File Group; present for files or directories only
    • int permissions - File permissions; present for files or directories only. (deprecated)
    • string permissions_mode - File permissions; present for files or directories only
    • string selinux_ctx - SELinux context (optional)
    • boolean binary - true or false; present for files only
    • string md5 - File's MD5 signature; present for files only
    • string macro-start-delimiter - Macro start delimiter for a config file; present for text files only
    • string macro-end-delimiter - Macro end delimiter for a config file; present for text files only