Question

I tried of adding a new gif smile but it error message appears:

/usr/bin/rcs -q -i -t-none -kb /home2/twiki/pub/TWiki/SmiliesPlugin/ayuda.gif,v 2>&1 1>/dev/null
rcs: /home2/twiki/pub/TWiki/SmiliesPlugin/ayuda.gif,v: No such file or directory

I changed to the /home2/twiki/pub directory and I found this:
1. the directory TWiki/SimiliesPlugin/ doesn't exist in fact
2. the Plugins/SmiliesPlugins/ directory exists instead (the original gifs are there).

So, I wonder why when adding a new gif smile the system tries to store them in one different directory.

It's convenient to add that on viewing the twiki/bin/view/TWiki/SmiliesPlugin page one can't see the gifs under the "What you see" column, but this plugin works, at least with the original gifs, for now (the Test line shows the smiles).

• TWiki version: TWiki20011201
• Web server: Apache 1.3.9-4
• Server OS: Red Hat 6.1
• Web browser: Any
• Client OS: Any

-- PabloChamorro - 18 Jan 2002

Answer

There seems to be a confusion with the webs. The Smilies plugin is packaged with a Plugins web, it should be possible to create those data/Plugins and pub/Plugins directories. Check the access permissions, pub/Plugins/SmiliesPlugin should be writable by the cgi user. Here at TWiki.org the plugin is installed in the TWiki web, e.g. the files are located in data/TWiki/SmiliesPlugin and pub/TWiki/SmiliesPlugin.

-- PeterThoeny - 21 Jan 2002