Re: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Sep 22, 2012, at 13:26, Alexei Baranov wrote: > I suppose SVN library for Windows has a bug. I've created file named > PRN.RPGLE in working copy on my IBM i system. This file was successfully > committed to SVN server. Next, I've tried to check it out to working copy on > my Windows PC. Che

RE: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-24 Thread Andreas Tscharner
[snip] > It's not a bug in Subversion; it's a "feature" (or at least a > reality that's unlikely to change) of the Windows operating > system. On Windows, you may not create a file whose name is > "PRN", with any extension. It would be a great benefit for the user if SVN warns about that fact

Re: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-24 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Sep 24, 2012, at 03:17, Andreas Tscharner wrote: > >> It's not a bug in Subversion; it's a "feature" (or at least a >> reality that's unlikely to change) of the Windows operating >> system. On Windows, you may not create a file whose name is >> "PRN", with any extension. > > It would be a

Re: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-24 Thread Dave Huang
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:57:38AM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > It's not a bug in Subversion; it's a "feature" (or at least a > reality that's unlikely to change) of the Windows operating system. > On Windows, you may not create a file whose name is "PRN", with any > extension. Actually, it *is*

RE: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-24 Thread Cooke, Mark
> -Original Message- > From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-20...@ryandesign.com] > Sent: 24 September 2012 09:22 > To: Andreas Tscharner > Cc: Alexei Baranov; users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform > > >

Re: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-24 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
Am 24.09.2012 10:52, schrieb Cooke, Mark: -Original Message- From: Ryan Schmidt Subversion can't really know if you care about Windows compatibility. Many people don't. What you can do though, if you care about Windows compatibility, is to write a pre-commit hook script that prevents the

Re: SVN and PRN and CON files on Windows platform

2012-09-24 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Sep 24, 2012, at 03:17, Andreas Tscharner wrote: >> >>> It's not a bug in Subversion; it's a "feature" (or at least a >>> reality that's unlikely to change) of the Windows operating >>> system. On Windows, you may not create a file whose