svn: Can’t create tunnel: The system cannot find the path specified.
We are using CruiseControl.NET for continuous integration. I must say really great tool!
We have configured a server where CruiseControl runs and our repository is on Tortoise SVN and it uses SVN+SSH. When we start our “ccnet.exe” it was giving us error like this “svn: Can’t create tunnel: The system cannot find the path specified.”
We really got confused as the message says the system can’t find the file specified But which file?? 😦
After struggling a lot we found the solution..Here it is:
SVN_SSH Environment Variable value was like this[Won’t Work]:
C:\Program Files\Putty\bin\plink.exe
It should be like this [Will work]:
C:\\Program Files\\Putty\\bin\\plink.exe
OR
C:/Program Files/Putty/bin/plink.exe
That’s it!!
If you are new and don’t know how to access Environment Variables see this:http://www.pushok.com/help/svnscc/index.php?redirect=adv_svnssh.htm
HTH
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Thanks…. This was really helpful….
Thank you vey much. This is really helpful. I am able to browse my VPS SVN repository now using TortoiseSVN client.
Hi ,
The simple thing to fix this issue is just go to svn setting , right clink on desktop and then go to settings or start menu svn and settings and then go to network and add the plink.exx path at SSH client .”C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoisePlink.exe”.
That’s it, now you are good to go.
Thanks,
Purushotham
from where this location will appear.
C:\\Program Files\\Putty\\bin\\plink.exe
do we need to install anything else more
This is also helpful, if above advice doesn’t works for you : http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2007/03/15/svn-cant-create-tunnel-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified/
It’s difficult to find well-informed people on this subject, however, you sound like you know what you’re talking about!
Thanks
Thanks for the nice words!