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@@ -160,3 +160,25 @@ Example in controller:
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       render :action => :new
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     end
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   end
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+attachement_fu scripting
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+====================================
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+You may wish to import a large number of images or attachments. 
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+The following example shows how to upload a file from a script. 
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+#!/usr/bin/env ./script/runner
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+# required to use ActionController::TestUploadedFile 
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+require 'action_controller'
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+require 'action_controller/test_process.rb'
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+
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+@attachable = AttachmentMetadataModel.new(:uploaded_data => ActionController::TestUploadedFile.new(path, mimetype))
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+@attachable.save
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+
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+This will "upload" the file at path and create the new model.
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+mimetype is a string like "image/jpeg". One way to get the mimetype for a given file on a UNIX system
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+mimetype = `file -ib #{path}`.gsub(/\n/,"")
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+