Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
>> OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
>>
>> Then tried the import again:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/cityfax
>> -m"Original import"
>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\cityfax\format': The
>> filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>> Aargh!
>>
>> But then I looked at it a little more closely, and realized I was
>> sending it to a directory which wasn't there (i.e.
>> svn://localhost/cityfax), so I tried again:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -m"Original
>> import"
>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
>> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>> I even tried turning the slashes around on the e:/websites...
>> directory name, but I got the same result. :(
>
> It's curious that it would print "file:\\\g:\..." in the error
> message, since I thought slashes should always be forward slashes in a
> URL, and indeed you used forward slashes when specifying the URL.
>
> Under what user does svnserve run? Does this user have permission to
> read the repository files? Does this user have access to the G: volume
> label? (They're per-user, aren't they?)
>
> If that doesn't help, I could sure use the help of a Windows expert
> here, because I'm running out of ideas. :)
>
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Shouldn't C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo actually be
C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r g:\svnrepo
Brad
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