Precommit hook script for Windows. PLS HELP

Hi,
 
 I am a newbie to Subversion and have no clue to writing scripts!!!
 
I am trying to write a script for windows so that it forces users to add a bug reference id during a commit.
 
Now for starters
 
I want to know if its possible to write the hook script directly as a bat file and get it to work or must I to use sth else like Python?
 
Sb helped me write the script in python and in trying to execute it,
 I realised that the I don’t have the utility SVNLOOK installed , so to resolve this I manually copied the file across the bin directory.
I still get errors. I don’t know why.
 
This is the python script written for the hook and the corresponding error message
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#!/usr/bin/python
# commit acceptance python client for SVN
 
import os
import re
import sys
import urlparse
 
# configure svnlook path
svnlookPath = '\"C:\\Program Files\\VisualSVN Server\\bin\\svnlook.exe\"'
 
# get committer
try:
            f = os.popen(svnlookPath + ' author -t ' + sys.argv[2] + ' ' + sys.argv[1])
            committer = f.read()
            if f.close():
                        raise 1
            committer = committer.rstrip("\n\r")
except:
            print >> sys.stderr, 'Unable to get committer with svnlook.'
            print >> sys.stderr, svnlookPath
            print >> sys.stderr, sys.argv[1]
            print >> sys.stderr, sys.argv[2]
            sys.exit(1)
 
# get commit message
try:
            f = os.popen(svnlookPath + ' log -t ' + sys.argv[2] + ' ' + sys.argv[1])
            commitMessage = f.read()
            if f.close():
                        raise 1
            commitMessage = commitMessage.rstrip('\n\r')
except:
            print >> sys.stderr, 'Unable to get commit message with svnlook.'
            print >> sys.stderr, svnlookPath
            print >> sys.stderr, sys.argv[1]
            print >> sys.stderr, sys.argv[2]
            sys.exit(1)
 
# print arguments
# print >> sys.stderr, 'Committer: ' + committer
print >> sys.stderr, 'Commit message: "' + commitMessage + '"'
 
if (re.match('^[a-zA-Z]+-[0-9]+([\s]+|$)',commitMessage)):
            print >> sys.stderr, 'Commit accepted.'
            sys.exit(0)
else:
            print >> sys.stderr, 'Commit rejected: This repository requires a commit message to begin with a REF issue number.\n\reg REFPRJ-1'
            sys.exit(1)

 
Commit Error Msg
 
 
Command: Commit
Modified: data\TEST\added2.sql
Sending content: data\TEST\added2.sql
Error: Commit failed (details follow):
Error: Commit blocked by pre-commit hook (exit code 1) with output:
Error: Unable to get committer with svnlook.
Error: "C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\svnlook.exe"
Error: C:\data2
Error: 80-1

Finished!:
 
Any help will be appreciated to resolving this.
 
Thanks
 
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Received on 2008-07-04 14:04:34 CEST