Re: RCS issue with Windows username with spaces in it

On Windows, RCS tries to use the LOGNAME, then USERNAME environment
variables as the 'author' , if you can temporarily change one of them with
the SET command, then it will work.

Rog


On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Phil Hurrell <[email protected]>
wrote:

> As per my original mail - I found this out already - however co.exe
> suffers the same issue and has no -w option,
>
> Phil Hurrell
> Portfolio Manager - Utopia
> Configuration Management
> t: +61 2 934 28127
> m: +61 (0) 415 383 220
>
> My new details from 29/06/2007
> t: +61 2 808 28127
> visit us at 1 Lyonpark Road, Macquarie Park NSW 2113
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron S. Hawley [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:30 PM
> To: Phil Hurrell
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: RCS issue with Windows username with spaces in it
>
> There's a -w command-line option for the `ci` command  that allows you
> to "lie" about the value for author.
>
> See the man page for more information
>
> http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/rcs/ci.1.html
>
> 2008/4/14 Phil Hurrell <[email protected]>:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > When utilising the pre-compiled RCS for Windows NT (rcs 57 from
> > http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/RCS/)
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a problem if your NT Username contains a space
> >
> > For example my login is "Phil Hurrell" (without the speech marks)
> >
> >
> >
> > When you attempt to check in a file, the RCS command fails as it appears
> to
> > not recognise username with spaces.
> >
> >
> >
> > $ ci hello.world
> >
> > hello.world,v  <--  hello.world
> >
> > ci: invalid identifier `Phil'
> >
> > ci aborted
> >
> >
> >
> > You can force ci by using -wlogin  option:
> >
> >             ci -wphil hello.world
> >
> > hello.world,v  <--  hello.world
> >
> > enter description, terminated with single '.' or end of file:
> >
> > NOTE: This is NOT the log message!
> >
> > >> Hello world
> >
> > >> .
> >
> > initial revision: 1.1
> >
> > done
> >
> >
> >
> >  but this is not a solution as when you come to check out co -l also
> suffers
> > from same problem
> >
> >
> >
> > co -l hello.world
> >
> > hello.world,v  -->  hello.world
> >
> > co: invalid identifier `Phil'
> >
> > co aborted
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there any workaround or planned solution for this?  (I'm in large
> company
> > and cannot change the login credentials!)
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help !
> >
> >
> > Phil Hurrell
> >  Portfolio Manager - Configuration Maintenance & Utopia
> >  Configuration Management
> >
> > t:   +61 2 808 28127
> >  m: +61 (0) 415 383 220
> >  e:  [email protected]
> >  a: 1 Lyonpark Road, Macquarie Park NSW 2113
> >
> >
> >
> >
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