+1 -----Original Message----- From: Chen, Pei [mailto:pei.c...@childrens.harvard.edu] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:57 AM To: dev@ctakes.apache.org Subject: RE: UMLS Env variables suggestion
Sounds like a good idea; we can just update all of the documentation/scripts to use underscore (_), and leave the dot (.) in the code to be deprecated for now? --Pei > -----Original Message----- > From: Finan, Sean [mailto:sean.fi...@childrens.harvard.edu] > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:10 PM > To: dev@ctakes.apache.org > Subject: RE: UMLS Env variables suggestion > > This went in to 3.1 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CTAKES-164 > > I agree - the docs need to be updated if there is consensus on the use > of this method. Personally I think that there should be one supported > method, not both dot and underscore. I would prefer that we remove > the dot functionality since it is not operational across all > environments, but it isn't up to me alone to remove functionality. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chen, Pei [mailto:pei.c...@childrens.harvard.edu] > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 4:08 PM > To: <dev@ctakes.apache.org> > Cc: dev@ctakes.apache.org > Subject: Re: UMLS Env variables suggestion > > I believe Sean updated the code to also support underscore (_) as > well. But the docs just need to be updated... > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 4:04 PM, "Dewful" <dew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In the documentation, in the .sh files to run ctakes; > > > > # If you plan to use the UMLS Resources, set/export env variables # > > export ctakes.umlsuser=[username], ctakes.umlspw=[password] > > > > however, simply trying to > > > > export ctakes.umlsuser=myusername, ctakes.umlspw=mypassword > > > > doesnt work because bash3 doesnt allow dots in the keyname and will > > throw an error > > > > bin/runctakesCVD.sh: line 42: export: `ctakes.umlsuser=username,': > > not a valid identifier > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15016403/how-to-export-dot- > separate > > d-environment-variablesexplains > > some solutions > > > > it may be helpful to show how the user can set these easily if they > > want to set the env variables this way, possibly using one of the > suggestions in SO. > > > > N
