Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_advancerun.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_advancerun.pl	(revision 28963)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_advancerun.pl	(revision 30489)
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@
 use PS::IPP::Config 1.01 qw( :standard );
 
-my $ipprc = PS::IPP::Config->new(); # IPP configuration
 
 use Getopt::Long qw( GetOptions :config auto_help auto_version gnu_getopt );
@@ -29,9 +28,10 @@
 
 # Parse the command-line arguments
-my ($dist_id, $stage, $stage_id, $outdir, $clean);
+my ($dist_id, $stage, $stage_id, $outdir, $clean, $camera);
 my ($dbname, $save_temps, $verbose, $no_update, $no_op, $logfile);
 
 GetOptions(
-           'dist_id=s'  => \$dist_id,# Magic destreak run identifier
+           'dist_id=s'      => \$dist_id,# Magic destreak run identifier
+           'camera=s'       => \$camera,
            'stage=s'        => \$stage,      # raw, chip, warp, or diff
            'stage_id=s'     => \$stage_id,   # exp_id, chip_id, warp_id, or diff_id
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@
     defined $stage_id and
     defined $outdir;
+
+my $ipprc = PS::IPP::Config->new($camera); # IPP configuration
 
 $ipprc->redirect_output($logfile) if $logfile;
@@ -134,9 +136,46 @@
 }
 
-# XXX should we create a file rule for this?
-my $dbinfo_file = "$outdir/dbinfo.$stage.$stage_id.mdc";
-
-{
-    my $command = "$tool_cmd $exportarg -outfile $dbinfo_file";
+
+# work around the fact that $ipprc->file_create does not actually create a file on disk
+# unless the scheme is nebulous
+sub create_file {
+    my $rule = shift;
+    my $path_base = shift;
+    my $ref = shift;
+
+    my $file;
+
+    my $error;
+    $file = $ipprc->prepare_output($rule, $path_base, undef, 1, \$error)
+        or &my_die("Unable to prepare outut for $rule", $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR);
+
+    my $scheme = file_scheme($file);
+    $scheme = "" if !$scheme;
+
+    my $resolved;
+    if ($scheme) {
+        $ipprc->file_create($file) 
+            or &my_die("Unable to create $file", $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR);
+
+        $resolved = $ipprc->file_resolve($file) 
+            or &my_die("Unable to resolve $file", $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR);
+
+        if ($scheme eq 'neb') {
+            &my_die("$resolved not found", $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_SYS_ERROR) unless ($resolved and -e $resolved);
+    }
+    } else {
+        $resolved = $file;
+    }
+    $$ref = $resolved;
+
+    return $file
+}
+
+my $dbinfo_root = "$outdir/dbinfo.$stage.$stage_id";
+my $resolved;
+my $dbinfo_file = create_file("DIST.OUTPUT.DBINFO", $dbinfo_root, \$resolved);
+
+{
+    my $command = "$tool_cmd $exportarg -outfile $resolved";
     $command .= " -clean" if ((defined $clean) and ($stage ne "raw"));
     $command .= " -dbname $dbname" if defined $dbname;
@@ -149,5 +188,8 @@
     }
 }
-my $dirinfo = "$outdir/dirinfo.$stage.$stage_id.mdc";
+
+my $dirinfo_root = "$outdir/dirinfo.$stage.$stage_id";
+my $dirinfo = create_file("DIST.OUTPUT.DIRINFO", $dirinfo_root, \$resolved);
+
 {
     my $command = "$tool_cmd $list_mode";
@@ -168,6 +210,6 @@
         &my_die("Unable to parse metadata list", $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
 
-    open MANIFEST, ">$dirinfo" or
-        &my_die("Unable to open dirinfo file $dirinfo",  $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+    open MANIFEST, ">$resolved" or
+        &my_die("Unable to open dirinfo file $resolved",  $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
 
     my $destdir;
@@ -197,5 +239,4 @@
         &my_die("unable to find path",  $dist_id, $PS_EXIT_UNKNOWN_ERROR) if !$path;
         my $component_dir = find_componentdir($destdir, $path);
-#        print MANIFEST "$component METADATA\n";
         print MANIFEST "\t" , "$component", "\tSTR\t", $component_dir, "\n";
     }
@@ -217,5 +258,4 @@
     }
 }
-
 
 exit 0;