[COUCHDB-307] windows drive letters in 'database_dir' breaks _all_dbs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Abandoned

Environment

windows trunk - r758137

• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mark Hammond
• Created: 25/Mar/09 04:04
• Updated: 30/Oct/11 20:27
• Resolved: 30/Oct/11 20:27

Description

I had configured my default.ini with:

[couchdb]
database_dir=C:/erl5.6.5/usr/couch_data
view_index_dir=C:/erl5.6.5/usr/couch_data

Couch would start and futon would let me create a DB named 'test'. However, requesting _all_dbs resulted in:

["c/test"]

Note the leading 'c/'. Requesting this database name obviously failed. If I reconfigured couch to remove the 'C:' from those settings, or even changed it to a lowercase 'c:', I got the expected:

["test"]

I'm not sure if this is a real bug or simply a documentation issue? Either way, its worth recording here for now.