On 3/13/07, smakawhat <smakawhat@yahoo.com> wrote:
> the error I am seeing when I run the script:
>
> SET out=//OurServer/D$/folder/WorkCopyonWebServer
>
> svn update %out%
>
> from another workstation I get the errors:
>
> Unable to open an ra_local session to URL
> Unable to open repository 'file:///D:/folder/therepository
> Can't open file D:\folder\therepository\format the device is not ready.
>
> I am not using Apache, and I have not connected my working copies by any
> other method than the file:/// method. I do have the svnserve service
> running and tried to see if I could connect with the svn: protocol but I
> couldn't get it to work.
If you're using file:///, then your hook script is running on your
local machine, with your credentials.
Why are you using forward slashes in your UNC path? They should be backslashes.
> Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hook scripts run with a nearly-empty environment and under the user
> account that your server process runs under. So, you must be sure to
> A) use full paths to executables, file locations, etc. and B) grant
> access for that account to any resources which your script requires.
> Do not count on mapped drives unless you map them in your hook script.
>
> I don't recall if you told us how you're serving the repository. If
> you're serving via Apache, it typically runs under the local system
> account on Windows, so you'd have to give that account rights to that
> UNC path. It would be a good idea to create a domain account with
> limited rights to run Apache under in this case so that it can access
> your UNC paths for updates and you don't have to mess with granting
> server A's system account rights on server B..
>
> On 3/13/07, smakawhat wrote:
> > I also tried using a UNC path but it's the same issue.
> >
> > smakawhat wrote:
> >
> > Well I got the script working just by using an svn update D:\mypath
> > statement.
> >
> > However it doesn't transfer unless I run it from the actual server. I am
> > thinking because I have a drive letter specified in the path. I know that
> > it mentions environment variables aren't set in hook scripts but this
> > shouldn't matter cause I wrote an explicit path.
> >
> >
> > Andy Levy wrote:
> > On 3/13/07, smakawhat wrote:
> > > so this line: (including the correct paths)
> > >
> > > "C:\Path\To\svn.exe C:\Documents\MyWebSite"
> > >
> > > in the hook script is all I need for working copies from developers to
> > > transfer over to the webserver automatically?
> > >
> > > The hook file should be in the hooks directory of the repository and in
> > this
> > > case should be and executable say changing it to 'post-commit.exe' woud
> > > execute it?
> >
> > You cannot just change a file's extension to .exe to make it
> > executable. You're talking about writing a batch script, which in
> > Windows 2000/2003 needs either a .bat or .cmd extension.
> >
> > Naming a batch script .exe is probably what's causing your NTVDM issue.
> >
> > Please STOP changing your subject line on every post, as it is
> > breaking some peoples' mail clients (GMail for example) and makes in
> > general makes it harder to track the discussion.
> >
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