From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting error when trying to use RCS Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:16:10 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089051505 29059 80.91.224.253 (5 Jul 2004 18:18:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 05 20:18:17 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BhY2i-0001gY-00 for ; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:18:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BhY4g-0004oL-OT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:20:18 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!tethys.csu.net!nntp.csufresno.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-From: Dan Ash <> Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) trialware Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 78 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:124141 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19472 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19472 Sorry been busy, If I run the command you show below I get the following error: C:\users\Daniel\Programs\RunLog>ci c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java -i -u1.1 -t- c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RCS/RunLog.java <-- c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java ci: invalid identifier `Daniel' ci aborted I can get around that error by specifing the user with the -w option: as show next: C:\users\Daniel\Programs\RunLog>ci -wDan c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog .java -i -u1.1 -t- c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RCS/RunLog.java <-- c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java enter description, terminated with single '.' or end of file: NOTE: This is NOT the log message! >> initial file. >> . initial revision: 1.1 done ci: -i option is ignored after pathnames ci: -u1.1 option is ignored after pathnames ci: -t- option is ignored after pathnames I can then co the file: C:\users\Daniel\Programs\RunLog>co -wDan RunLog.java RCS/RunLog.java --> RunLog.java revision 1.1 done but when I try to check it back in I get the following error: C:\users\Daniel\Programs\RunLog>ci -wDan RunLog.java RCS/RunLog.java <-- RunLog.java ci: invalid identifier `Daniel' ci aborted Even if I try to check it in when all teh options you suggest I get the same error: C:\users\Daniel\Programs\RunLog>ci -wDan c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java -i -u1.1 -t- c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RCS/RunLog.java <-- c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java ci: invalid identifier `Daniel' ci aborted Thanks for any and all help Dan On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:49:55 +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote: >deash14@cableone.net writes: > >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Running ci...FAILED (status >> 255)") >> signal(error ("Running ci...FAILED (status 255)")) >> error("Running %s...FAILED (%s)" "ci" "status 255") >> vc-do-command(nil 0 "ci" >> "c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "-i" "-u1.1" "-t-" nil >> nil) > >What happens when you run ci manually? > >ci c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java -i -u1.1 -t- > >Kai > >