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RE: Can Subversion handle UNC paths on Windows (or can Apache's apr)?

From: Arild Fines <arild.fines_at_broadpark.no>
Date: 2003-09-17 16:24:50 CEST

Charles E. Doucette wrote:
>> Charles E. Doucette wrote:
>>>
>>> I just got an error from AnkhSVN while trying to commit a Visual
>>> Studio .NET web project (on Windows):
>>>
>>> The following exception has occurred:
>>>
>>> SvnClientException: svn client error: check_path: problem checking
>>> path "\\mlc-jr\" at \subversion\subversion\libsvn_subr\io.c line 72
>>> check_path: problem checking path "\\mlc-jr\"
>>>
>>> Visual Studio .NET assumes that a web project
>>> (WebApplication1.csproj) and all of its files are on a website (such
>>> as http://localhost/WebApplication1) and also via a UNC file share
>>> (such as \\MyPC\wwwroot$\WebApplication1).
>>>
>>> The commit seems fine; but, perhaps I will do my checkins via
>>> TortoiseSVN instead - at least for now.
>>
>> Sorry that this post seems to have slipped through the
>> cracks. I intended to reply to it a couple of days ago, but forgot
>> about it.
>>
>> I just tried this, which seems to confirm that Subversion supports
>> UNC paths:
>>
>> J:\tmp\wc>net share test=J:\tmp\wc
>> test was shared successfully.
>>
>> J:\tmp\wc>cat >> Form.cs
>> Moo
>>
>> J:\tmp\wc>svn st
>> M Form.cs
>>
>> J:\tmp\wc>svn st \\127.0.0.1\test
>> M \\127.0.0.1\test\Form.cs
>>
>> If the underlying Subversion libraries support them, there's
>> no reason why Ankh shouldn't do so too. Are you sure that
>> your path is correct?
>
> Do you mean the PATH environment variable to find Subversion and Ankh
> etc. or the path to the project files? The diff and commit seem to
> work fine, so I believe
> the path to the project files is ok.
>

I was referring to your UNC path. Ankh doesn't rely on the system PATH in
any way. Your UNC path was "\\mlc-jr\" - where is the share name? UNC paths
are, AFAIK, on the form \\machine\share.

--
Arild
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