Re: Error / problem with defining a Module with space & ( ) chars

[Todd Denniston]

> "Gurpreet Singh (SCM)" wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I have defined a module, say try1 to get the     project1/Word is try
> (Contacts Admin)
> The path in the CVS is /projects/project1
> 
> try1 -a project1/Word\ is\ try\ \(Contacts\ Admin\)
> 
> The error I get is (thru wincvs)
> 
> cvs server: cannot find module `project1/Word\' - ignored
> 
> cvs server: cannot find module `is\' - ignored
> 
> cvs server: cannot find module `try\' - ignored
> 
> cvs server: cannot find module `\(Contacts\' - ignored
> 
> cvs server: cannot find module `Admin\)' - ignored
> 
> cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
> 
> 
> 
> Any way out to get it by defining it as a module.... !!!!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Gurpreet S

<rant_humor>Who ever uses spaces in filenames, directories or modules is EVIL
and should be burned at the stake.</rant_humor>

however there are workarounds if you happen to be on a sane, i.e. UNIX, system
and it is only directories causing problems.
In the file system create a softlink to the afflicted directory and use the
softlinks in your modules file.

The best method if you can do it is to rename all directories that have spaces
using a convention such as using '_'s or capitalizing the first letter of each
word in place of spaces, and then update your build environment to work in the
now sane setup.

The opinions expressed here are not sanctioned by and do not necessarily 
represent those of my employer.