Which of these is/are supposed to work (on Windows)?
  file:///c:/...
  file:///c|/...
Both forms are described in the book, but only the first seems to work.  Is the second form, with a bar, also supposed to work?
- Julian
Julian Foad wrote:
> Francois Beausoleil wrote:
> 
>> I mostly agree with the patch.  The appc.xml change is correct, but the
>> ch02.xml patch is incorrect.  Here's what I get on Win2K SP4, 0.27.0
>> (r6715):
>>
>> K:\>svnadmin create repos
>> H:\>svn co "file:///K|/repos" w
>> svn: Bogus URL
>> svn: URL `file:///K|/repos' is not properly URI-encoded
> 
> Oh.  Thank you very much for reviewing this.  That's the same as I get 
> on Linux, but I assumed it would work on Windows.  The existing text, 
> saying that either a ":" or a "|" can be used, was inserted just over 
> six months ago in r5057 by cmpilato.  C-Mike, do you know what's up with 
> this?
> 
> Now I would like someone to say whether this is supposed to work but 
> presently suffering from a bug, or not supposed to work, before I go 
> further.
> 
> - Julian
> 
> 
>> H:\>svn co "file:///K:/repos" wc
>> Checked out revision 0.
>>
>> So, this part of the diff should be dropped:
>> -$ svn checkout file:///X|/path/to/repos
>> +C:\> svn checkout "file:///X|/path/to/repos"
>>
>> And in the following paragraphs, the first one should be removed too:  
>> +        <para>In the second syntax, you need to quote the URL so that
>> +          the vertical bar character is not interpreted as a pipe.</para>
>> +
>> +        <para>Note that a URL uses ordinary slashes even though the native
>> +          (non-URL) form of a path on Windows uses backslashes.</para>
>> +
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:39:43 +0100, "Julian Foad" 
>> <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> said:
>>
>>> Please could a Windows user check and confirm this (particularly the two
>>> examples in ch02.xml) for me.
>>>
>>> I am not running Windows and cannot check it.  I believe this is a 
>>> better
>>> patch than the one attached to issue 1306 by Francois Beausoleil
>>> (Francois, do you agree?).  I will commit it and close issue 1306 if
>>> someone confirms it.
>>>
>>> Log:
>>> [[[
>>> Book: update the information on using a Windows drive letter in a 
>>> "file:"
>>> URL.
>>>
>>> * doc/book/book/appc.xml
>>>  Replace the FAQ about working around the inability to specify a drive
>>>  letter with one pointing to the section on how to do it.
>>> * doc/book/book/ch02.xml
>>>  Correct, update and explain the examples of using a drive letter in a
>>>  URL.
>>> ]]]
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Received on Wed Sep  3 13:33:43 2003