Hello, I just thought I'd share an easy workaround for a problem I was having. It seems the that my new Novell Netware client (on Windows 95 and Windows 2000) is still setting my HOME environment variable to an old-style Novell Netware path, even though these kinds of paths have not been supported for a long time. Old Novell Netware clients for DOS used to (somehow) let you use the cd command at the DOS prompt to change to Novell Netware network paths. For example you could type the following: cd server/volume:directory\subdirectory This, of course, confuses cvs which finds the HOME environment variable on my computer is set to the following: HOME=ZEUS/VOL2:USERS\CSS\nvick When I tried to run cvs.exe, I often got errors like the following: cvs [commit aborted]: can't chdir(ZEUS/VOL2:USERS\CSS\nvick): No such file or directory The simple workaround is to clear the HOME environment variable, so as to force cvs.exe to use the HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH, which are being set correctly by the Novell Netware client. Do this by typing the following at the DOS prompt, or in batch files: SET HOME= You can check that this works by typing this: set The set command will list all your environment variables. Make sure the HOME environment variable is not listed, and that the HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH variables are listed correctly. Nathan Vick * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Nathan Vick * Programmer, Capilano College * 604-986-1911 ext. 3441 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
