Re: Error can't create directory

On 7/6/06, Jeb <jeb.beasley@penske.com> wrote:
> We are having trouble with projects having long path names in them
> Server 1.3.0 on Linux RHES 3
>
> Error Can't Create Directory
> Error
> 'C:really\really\really\long\pathname\about240charslong\.svn\text-base:'
> Error The Filename or extension is too long
>
> Client TortoiseSVN (recent) on Win 2000 professional
>
> It looks like when it starts building the .svn folder and the pristine
> copy it chokes
>
> Is there a fix for this?

It depends on how long you're talking about. There are limits on path
lengths on most operating systems, so if you're hitting an OS imposed
limit you're kind of out of luck, the only work around is to check out
smaller directory trees.

-garrett

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Received on Thu Jul 6 21:22:40 2006