I'm reinstalling all my software (got a new PC at work - whoohoo!) and was digging around for SVNService - a wrapper that allowed you to run SVN as a Windows service. All the links I found on Google were dead and I thought I was hosed until I found this:
Windows Service Support for svnserve
svnserve can now be run as a native Windows service. This means that the
service can be started at system boot, or at any other time, without the
need for any wrapper code to start the service.
Please note this applies to 1.4 and I'm assuming all versions moving forward.
Here is what I ran (WinXP):
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sc create svn.local binpath= "\"c:\program files\subversion\bin\svnserve.exe\" --service --root D:\svnrepo" displayname= "Subversion Repository" depend= Tcpip
Once you run this - you will need to actually start the service - either via the Windows Service GUI or hit the command line and do a 'net start/stop yourservicename'
Important Update: 12/14/2006
Ray Camden notes that you have to type in the command exactly as shown above - with a space after each equals sign:
Yes: option= [space] "value" option2= [space] "value"
No: option="value" option2="value"
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Great, works for me!
Wow, thanks a bunch! I was poking around a week ago and hit dead ends like you did.
Thank you, just what I needed!
Thanks!!!
For me it worked better with “%ProgramFiles%\Subversion\bin\svnserve.exe”, that way you don’t have to escape the “.
Thank you so much. Plain and simple instructions are so very helpful!
Thanks you so much!!!
Make sure you include the spaces after the equals sign. I wasted about an hour because of this. Never thought spaces mattered that much…
@Tor - I’ve edited the post a bit to make the space issue a bit more clear.
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