co: symbolic link to non RCS file `q:\includes/FormUtil.asp'

[Medcoff, Charles]

I have a 5.7 release of RCS that I am running on Windows 2000 SP2 and
Windows NT SP6.  The problem I am observing has to do with referencing the
rcs file when located other than in a sub-dir of the working dir.  My
understanding is that since symbolic links are not really supported on the
PC platform that one can create a file with the name RCS and place the path
to the rcs dir in it.  This seems to work fine for certain commands (rlog,
co with no arguments), but not for others (co -l).

I may be willing to help out with a fix if I can get some assistance.

Below is a screen dump which demonstrates the problem.


C:\foo2\includes>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0451-3B5F

 Directory of C:\foo2\includes

05/10/02  03:18p        <DIR>          .
05/10/02  03:18p        <DIR>          ..
05/10/02  03:18p                 7,083 FormUtil.asp
05/09/02  07:08p                    13 RCS
               2 File(s)          7,096 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   1,643,397,120 bytes free

C:\foo2\includes>type RCS
q:\includes

C:\foo2\includes>rlog FormUtil.asp

RCS file: q:\includes/FormUtil.asp
Working file: FormUtil.asp
head: 1.11
branch:
locks: strict
        medcofc: 1.11
access list:
symbolic names:
keyword substitution: kv
total revisions: 12;    selected revisions: 12
description:
----------------------------
revision 1.11   locked by: medcofc;
date: 2002/04/30 18:19:28;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +52 -30
<>
----------------------------
revision 1.10
date: 2002/03/13 16:02:21;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -0
<>
----------------------------
revision 1.9
date: 2002/02/28 21:07:15;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -1
<>
----------------------------
revision 1.8
date: 2002/02/08 16:34:43;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
Bug fix:  Correct error in 2 dim array iteration
----------------------------
revision 1.7
date: 2002/01/30 18:51:27;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -10
Corrections to make comparisons work for string and numeric types.
----------------------------
revision 1.6
date: 2002/01/29 19:09:48;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +14 -5
<>
----------------------------
revision 1.5
date: 2002/01/24 21:18:10;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +21 -0
<>
----------------------------
revision 1.4
date: 2002/01/17 20:45:15;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +56 -0
<>
----------------------------
revision 1.3
date: 2002/01/11 22:41:30;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +45 -0
Added sub "ArrayToListbox()"
----------------------------
revision 1.2
date: 2002/01/10 20:52:08;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +22 -2
Added new Sub to build a listbox with a handler.
----------------------------
revision 1.1
date: 2002/01/09 20:09:27;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;  lines: +7 -3
Updated QueryToListbox() to work even if the "aSelections" parameter
IsEmpty()
----------------------------
revision 1.0
date: 2001/12/20 18:18:34;  author: medcofc;  state: Exp;
Initial revision
============================================================================
=

C:\foo2\includes>co FormUtil.asp
q:\includes/FormUtil.asp  -->  FormUtil.asp
revision 1.11
done

C:\foo2\includes>co -l FormUtil.asp
co: symbolic link to non RCS file `q:\includes/FormUtil.asp'
co: q:\includes/FormUtil.asp: Invalid argument



Regards,
Chuck

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Charles Medcoff, MCP
Senior Systems Engineer
gedas USA, Inc.
Custom System Solutions
3499 Hamlin Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
USA
telephone 248-754-3224
fax              248-754-3261
Mailto:address@hidden
http://www.gedas.net
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