[REBOL] mystery solved (Re: REBOL Web Browser Plugin)
From: kolla::nvg::ntnu::no at: 10-Jun-2001 17:22
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Volker Nitsch wrote:
> > > Sidenote... how the heck to I get passed the "Failed to create binary
> > > file /home/kolla/.rebol/rebol" problem when running view for the fist
> > > time? I find myself unable to install rebol/view on linux these days..
> > > someone fix it please.
>
> a yes. the good old ls .rebol -l which should show there is a .rebol - file
> already.. rebol puts some config-stuff there. sounds you want to make that
> your install-dir? error--message telling »the dir can't be made« would be
> better.
Doh! :)
OK, so I wanted to install into a .rebol, just to keep it hidden, and I
tell rebol to install into /home/kolla/.rebol, it creates this dir and
put the binary into it, then it wants to write a .rebol file, and fails
since this is already the name of the directory above. The error message
it gives is then that it fails to create binary /home/kolla/.rebol/rebol
which really is utter nonsense, the thig it fails to create is the text
file /home/kolla/.rebol
If I tell it to install on /home/kolla/rebol and at same time make sure
there is no /home/kolla/.rebol it works ok. Personally I would prefer
that everything got stuck into a .rebol dir and the .rebol file could
be in there with a more obvious name. But hey, that's just me :)
-- kolla