Cached files cause script failure

[nroy]

After a first retrieval of a file via conditional GET, things work fine, the file is retrieved and cached, and xsltproc.sh works fine. After the file has been cached locally, the script exits without running the transform.

[ghost]

You've described a feature or a bug depending on the command-line options. Can you exhibit a command line that misbehaves?

I'm guessing you've discovered a feature. If the resource is cached, and the -F option is included on the command line, the script fails silently by design:

$ $BIN_DIR/http_xsltproc.sh -F -o $resource_file $xsl_file $xml_location
$ echo $?
1

This is a feature. You can schedule the above script to run every hour (say) but force the script to short-circuit if there is no fresh resource. See the documented examples for details.

[nroy]

Ahh, OK, I wasn't understanding that failure mode, I thought -F would always force a new GET. I get it now.