You are here: Foswiki>Tasks Web>Item10883 (17 Dec 2011, GeorgeClark)Edit Attach

Item10883: Windows-safe paths

Priority: Normal
Current State: Closed
Released In: 1.1.4
Target Release: patch

Applies To: Engine
Component: Configure, Documentation, PlatformWindows
Branches:

Reported By: BeS
Waiting For:
Last Change By: GeorgeClark

As described in http://foswiki.org/Support/Question873, configure can fail. The cause was ...

$foswikiLibPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\cgi-bin\wiki\lib";

in LocalLib.cfg caused TemplateParser to fail.

Changing the Windows backslashes to forward slashes got rid of the error when running configure. Might be nice if that condition was detected and an error message was given (or detect and be compatible with Windows paths). I suspect my mistake would be quite common in Windows installations!

-- BeS - 15 Jun 2011

Babar pointed out that use of single quotes prevents the backslash from being interpreted as an escape. So using single quotes in the example might also avoid the issue.

-- GeorgeClark - 25 Aug 2011

ItemTemplate edit

Summary	Windows-safe paths
ReportedBy	BeS
Codebase	1.1.3
SVN Range
AppliesTo	Engine
Component	Configure, Documentation, PlatformWindows
Priority	Normal
CurrentState	Closed
WaitingFor
Checkins	distro:e389257544ec distro:eb482423bd03 distro:73466f861381 distro:e3f21ea5ffbd
TargetRelease	patch
ReleasedIn	1.1.4