Re: Svn url on windows question

On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Jiho Han wrote:

> I created a repository on a server under the path: e:\svnrepo\test
>
> And when I run svn import, I get the following error. I am guessing
> it's due to the initial backslash in the error message.
> What is the correct URL to use?
>
> $svn import svn://babel/e:/svnrepo/test -m testing
> svn: Can't open file '\e:\svnrepo\test\format': The filename,
> directory
> name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

There are a couple of things wrong with your syntax.

When using svnserve, your command line can't include the absolute
path to the repository file system.

You want:

$ cd path\to\stuff\to\import
$ svn import . svn://babel/test/TestImport

(assuming that the repo is actually at babel/test).

-a

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Received on Mon Nov 13 18:41:08 2006