[Koha] Storage of Perl Scripts [Was: Orphaned Authority Records: Finding Them and Deleting Them]

[Alvaro Cornejo]

Hi Charles

for the locate/updatdb commands, you can install it with

# sudo apt-get install locate.

You need to first run sudo updatedb before the sudo locate so your file
index is updated before your search

About the error, have you accessed your koha user shell before running it?

Else you can try

# perl ./remove_unused_authories.pl

Regards,
Alvaro





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Le mar. 4 août 2020 à 21:36, Charles Kelley <cmkelleymls at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hello, Alvaro!
>
>     In our latest exchange, on 5 Aug. 2020, at 11:00 AM, you wrote:
>
> You can use "locate" command to find files in linux
>>
>> #sudo updatedb (Updates locate index)
>> #sudlo locate  remove_unused_authorities.pl
>>
>
>     bash reports that neither updatedb nor locate exists. At least,
> neither exists in Debian Stretch.
>
>
>> the script mentioned is in
>>
>> #/usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/
>>
>
>     Thank you. I finally found the Perl scripts that come with the initial
> Koha installation.
>
> For running you can go to that dir and do:
>>
>>  # sudo koha-shell YOURLIBRARY_INSTANCE
>> This will change user environment to your koha user/instance
>>
>> # ./remove_unused_authorities.pl --test | grep -i delete
>> (note the dot at the beginning if the string)
>> The grep command helps you filter only the ones that can be deleted
>> instead of all the authorities.
>>
>>   # ./remove_unused_authorities.pl --test | grep -i delete >
>> /PathToAFIle/filename
>> This will write all found records to file  /PathToAFIle/filename. You
>> should have write privileges on destination folder for your kohaUser so you
>> can try /temp/orphanauthors.txt
>>
>> You can also just do:
>>
>>  # ./remove_unused_authorities.pl
>> to see what options the command has like delete orphaned records and
>> check only certain types of authorities.
>>
>
>     However, when I tried executing it, I got an error message, to wit:
>
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./remove_unused_authories.pl line 25.
>>
>
>     I guess we'll just have to live with the orphaned authority records
> for the present.
>
> At the end type "exit" to return to your normal linux user.
>>
>> Note that the script is CPU consuming.
>>
>
>     Thank you for the advisement. We'll run it after closing so that the
> disruption will be minimal.
>
> Hope helps
>>
>
>     Thanks.
>
>
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