From: richard Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 04:05:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: more windows install info X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d725bd35a3e370ca248ba1f292c5ae2fe23c55f;p=roundup.git more windows install info git-svn-id: http://svn.roundup-tracker.org/svnroot/roundup/trunk@1720 57a73879-2fb5-44c3-a270-3262357dd7e2 --- diff --git a/doc/installation.txt b/doc/installation.txt index f330aba..a78ea5e 100644 --- a/doc/installation.txt +++ b/doc/installation.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Installing Roundup ================== -:Version: $Revision: 1.51 $ +:Version: $Revision: 1.52 $ .. contents:: @@ -464,8 +464,33 @@ addresses, databases to back up, etc. Platform-Specific Notes ======================= -Windows -------- +Windows command-line tools +-------------------------- + +To make the command-line tools accessible in Windows, you need to update +the "Path" environment variable in the Registry via a dialog box. + +On Windows 2000 and later: + +1) Press the "Start" button. +2) Choose "Settings" +3) Choose "Control Panel" +4) Choose "System" +5) Choose "Advanced" +6) Choose "Environmental Variables" +7) Add: "*\Scripts" to the "Path" environmental variable. + +Where * in 7) is the root directory (e.g., C:\Python22\Scripts) +of your Python installation. + +I understand that in XP, 2) above is not needed as "Control +Panel" is directly accessible from "Start". + +I do not believe this is possible to do in previous versions of Windows. + + +Windows Server +-------------- To have the Roundup web server start up when your machine boots up, set the following up in Scheduled Tasks (note, the following is for a cygwin setup):