Re: [mv] problem with paths after copying a store (solved)

[Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>]

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Regarding the below problem:
   I deleted all the related files, and re-installed it with makecat
with seemingly the same parameters, and it worked. Go figure. Thanks
your help, Ed and Christopher.

  -mark

Mark Stosberg wrote:
> 
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> 
> Hello,
> 
>   Since I couldn't get makecat to work (see recent post), A copied over
> an old store to create my new store. I must be missing a path some
> place, because I now get this sort of error when visiting the new store
> on the web:
> 
> <snip>
> [14/March/2000:11:31:17 -0500] soft-store /cgi-bin/store.cgi/index.html
> Runtime error: Missing special page: ../special_pages/missing
> </snip>
> 
> So it appears it's not findind "index.html" in the expected place, so
> it's looking for the missing page, and can't find it easier. However,
> because the path is relative, I don't know where it _is_ looking. I
> suspected the problem was in one of three places:
> 
> 1. the minivend.cfg file.
> However, I verified that the paths here are correct, and minivend
> doesn't complain.
> <snip>
>  Catalog       soft-store /home/soft/catalogs/store /cgi-bin/store.cgi
> /store
> </snip>
> 
> 2. the tlink or vlink program.
> However, from what I could tell from the documentation, the path to
> catalog is not important here.
> 
> 3. I found that some files in the old 'etc' and 'tmp' directories
> referenced the old site, so I removed. This did not help any.
> 
> What are some other reasons that minivend could be looking in the wrong
> place for my minivend pages?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   -mark
> 
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