Re: enabling log.pl

[Parvinder Singh Arora]

This is the mail i am getting right now when someone does a commit



Date:   Friday February 11, 2005 @ 10:53
Author: rwhittle


Fri Feb 11 10:53:16 EST 2005
Update of /usr/local/cvsroot/ds/src/java/com/scentric/destiny/application/login
In directory 
scentral:/tmp/cvs-serv19221/src/java/com/scentric/destiny/application/login

Modified Files:
      Tag: SC_20050114_January_Demo_Branch
        SCLoginDialog.java
Log Message:
Updated the Tomsawyer libraries so the january demo will run

I want the older and the new version also to be given. For that i need
to modify my script. Is there any existing script to do that ?

~Parvinder




On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:10:24 -0500, Parvinder Singh Arora
<address@hidden> wrote:
> ALL (echo ""; date; cat) | \/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/log -u $USER -s
> \-m address@hidden
> 
> I think what above stuff is doing is sending the date and the log
> message (cat) to the log.pl perl script. Dont i need to add 'cat'
> there to send the entire cvs message to log.pl ?
> 
> BTW i figured out what was wrong. I was not passing the the log file
> using -f option which is why it use kick me saying could not open ():
> no such file or directory. I think it is mandatory to pass the log
> file using -f option
> 
> Thanks
> ~Parvinder
> 
> 
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:30:04 -0500, Todd Denniston
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Parvinder Singh Arora wrote:
> > >
> > > This is what is the entry in my loginfo file
> > >
> > > ALL (echo ""; date; cat) | \
> > > /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/log -u $USER -s \
> > > -m address@hidden
> > >
> >
> > [ED. I broke the lines above with "\"s to make it clear this is expected to
> > be one line in the file]
> >
> > What is it you intended the `(echo ""; date; cat)` to do?
> > I tried:
> > (echo ""; date; cat) |less
> > and found it annoying in an interactive environment, as cat does not exit.
> > `(echo ""; date)` might be useful, though.
> >
> > also I am assuming that in your loginfo, the line you sent is all on ONE
> > line.
> >
> > > And when i try to do some commit this is what i get :(
> > >
> > > address@hidden CVSROOT]$ cvs commit temp.txt
> > > Checking in temp.txt;
> > > /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/temp.txt,v  <--  temp.txt
> > > new revision: 1.10; previous revision: 1.9
> > > done
> > > Could not open(): No such file or directory
> > > sh: line 1: : command not found
> > > cvs server: Rebuilding administrative file database
> > >
> > > ~Parvinder
> > Is the /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/log script your own or one of the ones on
> > the net? (a net one we might be able to look at the source and guess what is
> > going wrong.)
> > Just from the name difference in your subject and here, I would expect the
> > problem might be that sh is trying to interpret a perl script and failing.
> > You might check the first line of /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/log and verify
> > the first line is of the type "#! /something/bin/perl", if it is then verify
> > that /something/bin/perl will execute (or change it to point to the real
> > perl on your system).
> >
> > --
> > Todd Denniston
> > Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
> > Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
> >
> 
> --
> Thanks & Regards
> ~Parvinder
> 


-- 
Thanks & Regards
~Parvinder