When trying to run the command line utility dsgetprop the following error is displayed in the command prompt window:

ERROR  - Error: couldn't find config file 'Notification.properties'; nested exception is:com.xerox.docushare.DSException: DSUtil.getConfigLocation: unable to find configuration file Notification.properties

Reason:

This error is displayed because the <DSHOME>\config\Notification.properties file does not exist and the dsgetprop command requires that the <DSHOME>\config\Notification.properties file exists (even if its blank).

Workaround:

To solve the issue you will need to create a blank Notification.properties file in the <DSHOME>\config\Notification.properties file.

To create the Notification.properties file:

1.     Open a text editor such as Notepad.

2.     Save the blank file with the file name Notification.properties in the <DSHOME>\config directory.

Where <DSHOME> is the DocuShare installation path in your environment.  For example Xerox\Docushare\config.

3.     Run the dsgetprop command again.

Solution Published:  October 21^st, 2009

AR 0022249