Allow short directory names for installed geronimo servers
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Key: GERONIMODEVTOOLS-232
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-232
Project: Geronimo-Devtools
Issue Type: Improvement
Affects Versions: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.x, 2.1.0, 2.1.x
Reporter: Ted Kirby
Recent user and dev list issues reminded me that on windows, GERONIMO_HOME, the
server installation directory, should have as small a name as possible, like
C:\g, to avoid issues on windows with too long path names.
I think we should allow the eclipse plugin user to install a server in such a
named directory. Currently, on the "Download and Install" screen, the user
specifies a directory, but the server is actually installed in a
geronimo-tomcat6-jee5-2.0.1 or geronimo-jetty6-jee5-2.0.1subdirectory of that
server. I think we should look at using the directory specified as the
installation directory directly, and eliminate this subdirectory. This may
well be related to the server packaging itself. It seems the server zip file
is packaged starting with the geronimo-{jetty,tomcat}6-jee5-2.0.1 parent
directory itself.
The manual workaround would be to extract the geronimo.zip file to your root,
rename the directory to g, and point to that directory when defining the
installable runtime. It would be nice to have this done automatically with one
click, or not require the "extra" steps.
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