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>&#xA;&#xA;current file: </xsl:text>
>   <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>   <xsl:text>&#xA;# of elements: </xsl:text>
>   <xsl:value-of select="count($current_file_root//*)"/>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
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