[Zope] Win32 Zope Instance

[Chris Withers]

Gál László wrote:

>>/instance -- this is my instance
>>/zope -- this is a copy from an installed zope 2.7.0 with all the Problem is (in another way, but) solved! Here are the experiences:
> 
> 
> I never be able to run zope directly from CD-rom, because
> in iso9960 the max directory depth is restricted to 6. 

Oh, didn't know that :-S

Really? You sure? Seems odd...

> So, the solution:
> 
> 1. I installed zope (2.7.0) to my computer, choosing to split server and instance
> 2. I put server (which was under C:\Program Files) and instance into one
> directory
> 3. I corrected the paths (SOFTWARE_HOME, etc) in instance\bin\runzopes.bat and instance\etc\zope.conf. I also put '@set PYTHONCASEOK=0' to runzope.bat (just to make sure :))
> 4. I zipped zope instance (and server) with winzip, 
> 
> 5. Unzipping this to the same directory on another compöuter, it works!

Indeed.

> So the cd-rom should contain this zip file and a script to unzip it (or
> a self-extractor, wow :) )

I'm suprised the zip step is necessary. PluginIndexes is Andreas' fault, beat 
him with a stick for having such a deeply nested directory structure ;-)

> I can make a howto on this if you are interested.

That would be cool :-)

cheers,

Chris

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