Re: Am I in an endless loop?

Just a if there are two files with the same name but the differ in their
case Eg foo.txt, Foo.txt

Windows does not follow the unix naming convention

On 2/20/07, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/20/07, James Tikalsky <TIKALSKY@michaels.com> wrote:
> > (A) I checked out a copy of a project that my colleague had been working
> > on, and got an error:
> >
> > D:\Temp>svn co svn://starteamw2k/web/trunk web2
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > svn: In directory
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus'
> > svn: Can't copy
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\.svn\tmp\t
> > ext-base\cardBalanceQuery.jsp.svn-base' to
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\cardBalanc
> > eQuery.jsp.tmp': The system cannot find the file specified.
> >
> >
> > (B) I create the missing file by touching it:
> >
> > D:\Temp>touch
> > web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus.svn\tmp\tex
> > t-base\cardBalanceQuery.jsp.svn-base
> >
> >
> > (C) Then I try updating the project:
> >
> > D:\Temp>svn update
> > svn: Working copy '.' locked
> > svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for
> > details)
> >
> >
> > (D) Then I try cleaning up:
> >
> > D:\Temp>svn cleanup
> > svn: In directory
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus'
> > svn: Can't copy
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\.svn\tmp\t
> > ext-base\cardBalanceQuery.jsp.svn-base' to
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\cardBalanc
> > eQuery.jsp.3.tmp': The system cannot find the file specified.
> >
> >
> > I can repeat steps (B) and (D) again, and again, and the only difference
> > I see is the same error message, except that the "copy to" file name has
> > a different number, i.e:
> >
> > D:\Temp>touch
> > web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus.svn\tmp\tex
> > t-base\cardBalanceQuery.jsp.svn-base
> > D:\Temp>svn cleanup
> > svn: In directory
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus'
> > svn: Can't copy
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\.svn\tmp\t
> > ext-base\cardBalanceQuery.jsp.svn-base' to
> > 'web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\cardBalanc
> > eQuery.jsp.4.tmp': The system cannot find the file specified.
> >
> >
> > Here's what a status returns:
> >
> > D:\Temp>svn status web2
> > ! web2
> > ! web2\catalina_base
> > ! web2\catalina_base\commerce
> > ! web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF
> > ? web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\pageNotFound.jsp.tmp
> > ? web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\breadCrumbs.jsp
> > ? web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\PageNotFound.jsp
> > ! L web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp
> > ! web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce
> > ?
> > web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\CardBalance
> > Query.jsp.2.tmp
> > ?
> > web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\cardBalance
> > Query.jsp.tmp
> > ?
> > web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\CardBalance
> > Query.jsp
> > ?
> > web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus\cardBalance
> > Query.jsp.3.tmp
> > ! L web2\catalina_base\commerce\WEB-INF\jsp\commerce\orderstatus
> >
> >
> > After I did this about 1000 times, I'm still in the same situation. I
> > know that my colleague was using Eclipse Java Editor, and that the
> > numbered files are probably his local revisions. (I assume that he
> > checked them in, or something.) My question is: Am I doing something to
> > create an endless-loop situation? Should I take another approach, or is
> > there a light at the end of the tunnel?
>
> You can keep going in this loop but you aren't actually changing
> anything, so you're going to keep getting the same errors.
>
> Given the paths you quote, I assume you're on Windows. Have you tried
> disabling your virus scanner temporarily to see if things clear up?
> Some antivirus products don't play nicely at all with Subversion.
>
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Gaurav Kothiyal