[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] error svn-update grass-addons

[Glynn Clements]

Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:

> the problem is the file "VI_Server::VI_CALC.ldif", because the two
> "::" in the file-name is not allowed in an windows-environment.
> therefore a svn-update with Tortoise-svn on win xp is not possible.

Is it possible to configure the SVN server to prohibit filenames which
aren't permitted on Windows?

FWIW, the following characters cannot appear in filenames on Windows:

	\ / : * ? " < > |

Even if a particular file is Unix-specific, it should at least be
possible to check it out on Windows.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>