Re: OpenVMS javacvs client to Linux CVS server prob lem.

Russell Taylor wrote:
> Thanks Milo,
>  I set-up the cvsClientLogs which didn't really give me any extra clues, 

well, It could give some clues to me ;) can you please send it to the 
mailing list?

so
> I resorted to hard coding different values in the addArgumentRequests() in
> the BasicCommand. When I tried just the actual file name with no path which
> worked, Any ideas why this is?.
> 

It's because of the OpenVMS paths probably that include the $,:,[,] 
characters.. these are probably the troublemakers.. have you tried to 
run netbeans IDE on the platform? does it work correctly?

Cheers.

Milos

>     protected void addArgumentRequests() {
>         if (files == null) {
>             return;   
>         }
> 
>         for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
>             final File file = files[i];
>             System.out.println("BC: addArgumentRequests: file "+file);
>             String relativePath = getRelativeToLocalPathInUnixStyle(file);
>             //String relativePath = "/text/fts2/english";
>             //relativePath =
> "DISK$EXTELDISK9:[fts_web_top.fts_test.fts_web.live.text.fts2.english]head.t
> xt";
>             relativePath = "head.txt";
>             System.out.println("BC: addArgumentRequests: relativePath:
> "+relativePath);
>             requests.add(new ArgumentRequest(relativePath));
>         }
>     }
> 
> Russ.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milos Kleint [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 13 May 2002 12:54
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [javacvs-dev] OpenVMS javacvs client to Linux CVS server
> problem.
> 
> 
> Russell Taylor wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>> I've started to move my code across from Linux to OpenVMS and I seem to
> 
> be
> 
>>getting some directory issues. It looks like the server is confused (Intel
>>Mandrake 8.0, kernel 2.4.3 CVS 1.11) but why any help would be much
>>appreciated.
>>
> 
> 
> To be honest I have no idea what could be the problem, try executing the 
>     command-line cvs and log the protocol traffic by setting the 
> enviroment variable CVS_CLIENT_LOG. the same is done for javacvs by 
> setting the runtime variable -JcvsClientLog=<path> i believe.. comparing 
> these two we could figure out more.. my first shot is that thet problem 
> lies in the dollar sign character on the path.
> 
> Milos
> 
> 
> 
>>I believe I've traced it to the basiccommand.java where the
>>addArgumentRequests() happens. I'm calling my CVSClient code like this:
>>CVSClient cvs = new
>>
> 
> CVSClient("/DISK$EXTELDISK9/fts_web_top/fts_test/fts_web/live/text/fts2/engl
> 
>>ish/", "EXTEL$DEV_USERS/TAYLOR_R/", out, true);
>>where
> 
> /DISK$EXTELDISK9/fts_web_top/fts_test/fts_web/live/text/fts2/english/
> 
>>is the path to the directory of the file I'm trying to update and 
>>EXTEL$DEV_USERS/TAYLOR_R/ is my home directory, both of these are being
>>found and cvs gets the cvspassword and finds the CVS/Repository.
>>
>>When I try to update the file an error returns stating the following:
>>MessageEvent getMessage String: cvs [server aborted]: absolute pathname
>>`/DISK$EXTELDISK9/fts_web_top/fts_test/fts_web/live/text/fts2/english/'
>>illegal for server
>>
>>I've tried hard coding the file in VMS format
>>
> 
> DISK$EXTELDISK9:[fts_web_top.fts_test.fts_web.live.text.fts2.english]head.tx
> 
>>t which returns this error:
>>MessageEvent setMessage String: cvs server: nothing known about
>>
> 
> DISK$EXTELDISK9:[fts_web_top.fts_test.fts_web.live.text.fts2.english]head.tx
> 
>>t
>>
>>This is the code in basiccommand.java that I hard coded the vms format
> 
> path
> 
>>to the file. 
>>    protected void addArgumentRequests() {
>>        if (files == null) {
>>            return;   
>>        }
>>
>>        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
>>            final File file = files[i];
>>            System.out.println("BC: addArgumentRequests: file "+file);
>>            String relativePath = getRelativeToLocalPathInUnixStyle(file);
>>            System.out.println("BC: addArgumentRequests: relativePath:
>>"+relativePath);
>>            requests.add(new
>>
> 
> ArgumentRequest("DISK$EXTELDISK9:[fts_web_top.fts_test.fts_web.live.text.fts
> 
>>2.english]head.txt"));
>>            //requests.add(new ArgumentRequest(relativePath));
>>        }
>>    }
>>
>>
>>Russ.
>>
>>