[cvsnt] Re: Ampersands in FileNames with Watch Mode

Glen Starrett grstarrett at cox.net
Tue Jun 7 05:17:28 BST 2005


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Trevor Leybourne wrote:
> I've noticied an issue. If you have a filename with a & in it (eg: 
> my_docs_&_files.txt) you can add this to the repository and you can turn on 
> watch mode (cvs watch on -r) but when you try to check out again it will 
> abort as it will have made the fileattr.xml file invalid.

Which version of CVSNT server are you using?  I think the latest stable 
fixes it (and possibly a few versions back).  I remember seeing the 
traffic on this problem, but I don't remember exactly when it was resolved.


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Glen Starrett



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