#1178: WinGrass: g.extension - problem with path to $GISBASE
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Reporter: hellik | Owner:
grass-...@…
Type: defect | Status:
new
Priority: major | Milestone:
6.4.1
Component: Installation | Version:
svn-releasebranch64
Keywords: wingrass, g.extension, path, installation, addons | Platform:
MSWindows Vista
Cpu: x86-32 |
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Comment(by hamish):
Replying to [comment:6 glynn]:
> The only workaround I know is to use 8.3 names (e.g. "/c/progra~1"
> rather than "/c/Program Files"), but I don't know how to perform
> that conversion from within a script (from C, you can use
> GetShortPathName()).
maybe we could expose that function as a new -s flag of g.dirseps?
As Helmut noted, and IIRC the Windows installer scripts use somewhere,
there is a Windows XP batch file solution to shortening them as well. The
answer will be in our own archives from 6 months ago or so as I remember
testing it.
Hamish
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1178#comment:11>
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