Unable to create directory $HOME/.bzr.conf on windows 2000

[Marius Kruger]

I figured out that this limitation is only when you try to rename a file or
directory using the windows GUI
if you open a commandline window and do 'mkdir .something' it works!

*one more reason to use linux!


On 10/12/05, Marius Kruger <amanic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> this is just a minor snag for windows 2000 users
> (which is obviously workarounable with environment variable setting)
> But I believe one of bzr's goals is to be platform independant,
> which is why I sent this platform dependancy note:
>
> windows 2000 doesnt like directory names starting with '.',
> I think a viable solutions are:
> 1) check for both ``$HOME/.bzr.conf/email`` and ``$HOME/bzr.conf/email``
> 2) check os and decide which to look for ``$HOME/.bzr.conf/email`` or
> ``$HOME/bzr.conf/email``
> 3) change this dir name to ``$HOME/bzr.conf/email`` for all os's
>
> regards
> Marius Kruger
> --had it up till here with cvs!
>
>
> From the latest release (0.1) totorial.txt Line 41 and on:
>
> [after 0.0.4] To tell bzr which email address to use, put it in the file
> ``$HOME/.bzr.conf/email``, or the environment variable ``$BZREMAIL``.
> If neither of these are set, bzr will use the ``$EMAIL``
> variable, or use your username and hostname.
>



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