Hey Cameron,

Thanks for tips and the link to the OODT issue. 

If I find a good solution for specifying paths on Windows machines , I'll share 
that solution on this thread. 

Thanks!
rishi

On Sep 3, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Cameron Goodale wrote:

> Rishi,
> 
> I tried to get filemgr started on a windows machine about 2 years ago and I
> ran into a lot of issues.  It is definitely made for a *nix type OS.  If you
> do figure out the main sticking points I hope we can get some docs or issues
> setup to guide other Win users.
> 
> OODT-187: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-187   Deals with the
> file pathing within the properties file.  This could be an issue that might
> solve the problem.  I would hope that file:/// would be supported by Win and
> *nix systems, but I haven't done the research to confirm.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> 
> Cameron
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Verma, Rishi (317I) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello fellow developers,
>> 
>> I'm trying to deploy CAS-Filemanager (0.4-SNAPSHOT) to a Windows XP
>> machine, but am witnessing some warnings due to paths being set for a
>> windows environment.
>> 
>> Two questions I want to ask:
>> [1] Does filemgr.properties ASSUME a UNIX-like path for the following two
>> props (org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.repositorymgr.dirs,
>> org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.validation.dirs)?
>> [2] Is the prefix "file://" for the above two properties applicable only to
>> a unix environment?
>> 
>> I say this because I have tried (on the Windows machine) to place paths
>> using Windows-style forward-slash "\" paths, as well as using Cygwin style
>> paths to the same corresponding directories; however, neither method
>> eliminates the below warnings when attempting to start filemgr within
>> Windows (running within Cygwin I might add).
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Rishi
>> 
>> ---
>> Below is an attempt to start filemgr:
>> 
>> $ ./filemgr start
>> Starting cas file manager: OK
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:30 PM org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.system.XmlRpcFileManager
>> load
>> Configuration
>> INFO: Loading File Manager Configuration Properties from:
>> [../etc/filemgr.proper
>> ties]
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:30 PM
>> org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.validation.XMLValidationLayer
>> loadElements
>> WARNING: Element directory:
>> file:///cygdrive/c/proteome/proteome-filemgr-win/pol
>> icy is not a directory: skipping element loading from it.
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:30 PM
>> org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.validation.XMLValidationLayer
>> loadProductTypeMap
>> WARNING: Element directory:
>> file:///cygdrive/c/proteome/proteome-filemgr-win/pol
>> icy is not a directory: skipping product type element map loading from it.
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:31 PM
>> org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.repository.XMLRepositoryManag
>> er loadProductTypes
>> WARNING: Product type directory:
>> file:///cygdrive/c/proteome/proteome-filemgr-wi
>> n/policy is not a directory: skipping product type loading from it.
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:31 PM
>> org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.system.XmlRpcFileManagerClien
>> t <init>
>> INFO: Loading File Manager Configuration Properties from:
>> [../etc/filemgr.proper
>> ties]
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:31 PM
>> org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.datatransfer.LocalDataTransfe
>> rer setFileManagerUrl
>> INFO: Local Data Transfer to: [http://localhost:9000] enabled
>> Sep 2, 2011 2:47:31 PM org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.system.XmlRpcFileManager
>> <ini
>> t>
>> INFO: File Manager started
>> 
> 
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