Question

• TWiki version: 20021230beta
• Perl version: 5.004
• Web server & version: Apache
• Server OS: SunOS
• Web browser & version: Netscape
• Client OS: WinNT

There is a topic ManagingWebs which allows to create new webs from a template Web (here: _default).

If you have Web*.txt files without Web*.txt,v files the copy process fails.

If i comment out the lines #232 til #238 (copying *,v files) in bin/manage the thing works.

This solution is only a hack to get it working. There should be a check for existence before the copy. Due my knowledge in Perl programming is very low - how to fix that in a proper way ?

Remark: bin/manage out of the release 20030201 has the same problem.

Remark #2: This is not an 1st April joke.

-- PetricFrank - 01 Apr 2003

Answer

Do this:

*** ../../manage        Sat Jan  4 18:25:47 2003
--- ./manage    Tue Apr  1 23:55:42 2003
***************
*** 231,241 ****
      # FIXME: Hack, no support for RCS subdirectory
      $from .= ",v";
      $to .= ",v";
!     unless( copy( $from, $to ) ) {
!         return( "Copy file ( $from, $to ) failed, error: $!" );
      }
-     umask( 002 );
-     chmod( 0644, $to );

      # FIXME: Copy also attachments if present

--- 231,243 ----
      # FIXME: Hack, no support for RCS subdirectory
      $from .= ",v";
      $to .= ",v";
!     if( -e $from ) {
!         unless( copy( $from, $to ) ) {
!             return( "Copy file ( $from, $to ) failed, error: $!" );
!         }
!         umask( 002 );
!         chmod( 0644, $to );
      }

      # FIXME: Copy also attachments if present

Is in TWikiAlphaRelease

-- PeterThoeny - 02 Apr 2003