Re: con.bin.svn-base not creatable (Windows bug)

Nicolas Leduc wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use TortoiseSVN on WinXP SP1. I use SVN version :
> TortoiseSVN 1.3.3, Build 6219 - 32 Bit
> Subversion 1.3.1
>
> I work for a University and students use SVN to submit their work. I have
> access to their SVN read-only to download and correct their work. So I don't
> have access to the SVN server and I can't modify their files. With the majority
> of students SVN I can checkout correctly without problems. With some (1 or 2) I
> got the error:
> Error: Can't open file
> 'G:\dls\inf2700\tph06\57\.svn\tmp\text-base\con.bin.svn-base': The system cannot
> find the file specified.
>
> I tried to create the file manually but i cannot create a file that the name
> start with con.* on windows... Maybe SVN didn't choose a good file name for it's
> temporary file.

SVN only adds the '.svn-base' extension. The 'con.bin' part must be the
name supplied by the student, maybe on a Linux machine? Filenames like
CON.*, LPT.*, COM.* AUX.* are illegal on a Windows machine. Ask your
students to choose better filenames ;-)

Simon

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