Conference smurf::buildhelp

606.0. "can someone help marc?" by SMURF::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Wed Mar 02 1994 17:17

Date Of Receipt: 	 2-MAR-1994 12:53:04.88
	Wed, 2 Mar 1994 12:05:07 -0500
From: 	FLUME::"tappan@zk3.dec.com" "Sarah Tappan USG"
	TALENT::gibian@nac.lkg.dec.D5NET.dec.com (Marc S. Gibian)
To: 	buildhelp@zk3.dec.com, darrell@zk3.dec.com
	alpha::tappan (Sarah Tappan)
CC: 	talent::gibian
Subj: 	can someone help marc?
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Subject: 	No go, even with a successful kinit.

Sarah,

Once I saw the kinit name for me, I remembered my password and successfully
ran it.  I then retried my mksb and still get the same error.  There must be
either something basic I am doing wrong due to the infrequency of my ODE use,
or alpha is missing some stuff that permits mksb to know the paths of the
backing trees, or maybe both?

alpha.zk3.dec.com --> mksb -back goldos.2wk -dir /home/gibian/sandboxes/code >
User rc file, /home/gibian/.sandboxrc, does not exist; will create it.
>> WARNING in mksb:
>> the directory, /home/gibian/sandboxes/code,>> for the sandbox cannot be opene
d.
No default for sandbox directory and none entered.
Please enter the full path to the sandbox:
>> WARNING in mksb:
>> Base directory must start with a '/'.
No default for sandbox directory and none entered.
Please enter the full path to the sandbox: ^Calpha.zk3.dec.com -->

Thanks,
Marc

Date Of Receipt: 	 2-MAR-1994 12:59:47.40
From: 	ALPHA::"johnf@zk3.dec.com" "John Flanagan USG Test Johnf Tools Group  02-Mar-1994 1258"
To: 	tappan@zk3.dec.com
CC: 	buildhelp@zk3.dec.com, darrell@zk3.dec.com, gibian@talent.dnet.dec.com,
	johnf@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: can someone help marc?

The syntax for mksb is as follows

mksb -back [backingtree name] -dir [path to sandboxes] [sandbox_name]

It looks like you typed:

mksb -back goldos.2wk -dir /home/gibian/sandboxes/code >>

Which would make the sandbox name ">>" which is bogus.  If you were trying
to capture error, you should do:

mksb -back goldos.2wk -dir /home/gibian/sandboxes/code my_sandbox >> cat.file.

John