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Re: Bug: Windows install: setting PATH

From: Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh_at_delasco.com>
Date: 2003-03-11 16:32:53 CET

Jostein Christoffer Andersen said:
> On Saturday 08 March 2003 19.39, Jeff Hinrichs wrote:
>> When setting the path in Windows, Subversion updates autoexec.bat with
>> the following:
>> PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\Subversion"
>>
>> However, if the existing PATH has paths with embedded spaces a "Too
>> many Parameters" error occurs. This is due to the spaces in the
>> existing path statement. The fix is to surround the %PATH% with double
>> quotes, ala:
>>
>> PATH="%PATH%";"C:\Program Files\Subversion"
>
> I will have a look at it. You are getting the "Too many Parameters"
> error _during_ the installation?
No, not during the install but during the reboot. If you miss the error
message on start up and open a DOS box, you get a not so nice, "command
not found" error when you try svn --version.

(platform=win98)

-Jeff

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