application hangs with 2.7

[Chuck Braden]

 Full results with exit removed. 

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>pidgin

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET ProgramFiles(x86)
Environment variable ProgramFiles(x86) not defined

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>IF 1 == 0 SET PIDGIN_INST_DIR=\P
idgin

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>IF NOT 1 == 0 SET PIDGIN_INST_DI
R=C:\Program Files\Pidgin

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM SET PIDGIN_INST_DIR=Z:\YourC
ustomPidginInstallationDirectory

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET LOCALAPPDATA
Environment variable LOCALAPPDATA not defined

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>IF 1 == 0 SET DEBUG_DIR=\.purple
\debuglogs

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>IF NOT 1 == 0 SET DEBUG_DIR=C:\D
ocuments and Settings\JCBraden\Application Data\.purple\debuglogs

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM make sure the debug director
y exists

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>IF NOT EXIST "C:\Documents and S
ettings\JCBraden\Application Data\.purple\debuglogs" mkdir "C:\Documents and Set
tings\JCBraden\Application Data\.purple\debuglogs"

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM get the date and time

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET dt=Tue 06/29/2010_14:28:17.7
6

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM replace the / with - (may or
 may not exist depending on your date format)

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET dt=Tue 06-29-2010_14:28:17.7
6

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM replace the ' ' with 0 (may
or may not exist depending on your date format)

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET dt=Tue006-29-2010_14:28:17.7
6

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM replace the : with . (may or
 may not exist depending on your date format)

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET dt=Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.7
6

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM build the logfile name

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET logfile=C:\Documents and Set
tings\JCBraden\Application Data\.purple\debuglogs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76 .lo
g

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM remove the space that gets c
reated for some reason...

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET logfile=C:\DocumentsandSetti
ngs\JCBraden\ApplicationData\.purple\debuglogs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76.log

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM quote logfile

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>SET logfile="C:\DocumentsandSett
ings\JCBraden\ApplicationData\.purple\debuglogs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76.log"


C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>REM write a nice header

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>ECHO ---------------------------
----------------------   1>"C:\DocumentsandSettings\JCBraden\ApplicationData\.pu
rple\debuglogs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76.log"
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>ECHO Pidgin Debug Log For Tue 06
/29/2010 14:28:17.78                 1>>"C:\DocumentsandSettings\JCBraden\Applic
ationData\.purple\debuglogs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76.log"
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>ECHO ---------------------------
----------------------  1>>"C:\DocumentsandSettings\JCBraden\ApplicationData\.pu
rple\debuglogs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76.log"
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Documents and Settings\JCBraden\My Documents>"C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.
exe" -d  2>&1 1>>"C:\DocumentsandSettings\JCBraden\ApplicationData\.purple\debug
logs\Tue006-29-2010_14.28.17.76.log"
The system cannot find the path specified.



>>> Daniel Atallah <datallah at pidgin.im> 6/25/2010 10:27 AM >>>
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:55, Chuck Braden <jcbraden at ag.tamu.edu> wrote:
> The VBS, bat and a shortcut for the executable are all in the mydocuments directory for ID xyzid
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\xyzid\My Documents>ECHO ---------------------------
> ----------------------   1>"\.purple\debuglogs\Fri006-25-2010_09.22.38.65.log"
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\xyzid\My Documents>ECHO Pidgin Debug Log For Fri 06
> /25/2010  9:22:38.65                 1>>"\.purple\debuglogs\Fri006-25-2010_09.22
> .38.65.log"
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\xyzid\My Documents>ECHO ---------------------------
> ----------------------  1>>"\.purple\debuglogs\Fri006-25-2010_09.22.38.65.log"
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\xyzid\My Documents>"\\pidgin.exe" -d  2>&1 1>>"\.pu
> rple\debuglogs\Fri006-25-2010_09.22.38.65.log"
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

That's odd; parts of the batch file (finding the Pidgin installation
directory and the configuration directory) are certainly not working
the way that they should be.

Which version of Windows are you using?

I've updated the pidgin.bat text at
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports#PreemptiveDebugLogging 
 - hopefully that should work better for you now.

-D