Migrating from Windows to Linux: trouble with mapfiles

Steven De Vriendt gisaalter at GMAIL.COM
Wed Nov 14 07:06:33 PST 2007


Ok, thanks all.
With the help from Kyle"s file I was able to access my mapserver, still I do
get an error

msEvalRegex(): Regular expression error. String
(/etc/mapserver/wmsserver.map?) failed expression test.

I will search the archives whats causing this...

Thanks !



On Nov 14, 2007 4:02 PM, Ed McNierney <ed at topozone.com> wrote:

> Steven -
>
> In addition to Kyle's example and info, one of the most likely problems is
> that you're moving from an operating system that is not case-sensitive to
> one that is.  If your mapfile refers to the file XYZZY and on Windows you
> have a file named xyzzy, that file will be found.  On Linux it will not be
> found, as XYZZY and xyzzy are two different filenames.
>
>     - Ed
>
> Ed McNierney
> TopoZone.com
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Steven De Vriendt
> Sent: Wed 11/14/2007 9:24 AM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Migrating from Windows to Linux: trouble
> with mapfiles
>
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm migrating from windows to linux (ubuntu) but I have some trouble
> getting a map-file to work.
> I want to be able to access my server as wms but I'm not sure what to look
> out for when
> making a map-file. I'm having trouble with path-names etc...
>
> Can someone give me an example of a working mapfile for Linux ?
>
> That would be great !
>
> Thanks !
>
> Steven
>
>
>
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