[Moin-user] install prob on win2k

[Roger Haase]

--- Jim Peterson <jpeterson at ainet.com> wrote:
> ActiveState python 2.3.2
> Win2k Pro SP4
> Apache 2.0
> 
> browsing all of http://moinmaster.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpForBeginners in
> vain.
> 
> Running http://localhost/mywiki?test yields:
> 
> MoinMoin CGI Diagnosis
> ======================
> 
> Package "MoinMoin" successfully imported.
> 
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>    File "C:/moin/moin121/wiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi", line 23, in ?
>      request = RequestCGI()
>     File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\MoinMoin\request.py", line
> 503, 
> in __init__
>      RequestBase.__init__(self, properties)
>     File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\MoinMoin\request.py", line
> 63, 
> in __init__
>      self.dicts = self.initdicts()
>     File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\MoinMoin\request.py", line
> 223, 
> in initdicts
>      dicts.scandicts()
>     File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\MoinMoin\wikidicts.py", line 
> 253, in scandicts
>      pagelist = wikiutil.getPageList(config.text_dir)
>     File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\MoinMoin\wikiutil.py", line
> 275, 
> in getPageList
>      pages = os.listdir(text_dir)
>   WindowsError: [Errno 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 
> 'data\\text/*.*'
> 
>
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> I get the same results running moin.cgi from the command line as 
> moin.py.  Obviously a python issue, rather than apache.  When
> installing 
> that 'data' directory, I used Explorer drag-and-drop to copy it,
> rather 
> than 'xcopy /e' as indicated by the install guide.  But all
> permissions 
> seem to be correct.
> 
> I have a 'data/text' directory containing language-specific help
> files. 
>   All are full-control to everyone.  I removed the archive flag from
> all.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 

The message seems to indicate the data/text directory is not in the
right place.  Doublecheck the directory in the Apache httpd.conf
ScriptAlias statement -- the directory containing moin.cgi should have
a subdirectory data, and data should have a subdirectory text.

Roger Haase



	
		
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