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incubator-taverna-language git commit: Note about building on Windows
Repository: incubator-taverna-language
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Note about building on Windows
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-language/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-language/commit/50299b1d
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Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 50299b1d0039deccc8122915693735195a5bf52e
Parents: 25b51b8
Author: Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org>
Authored: Mon May 30 23:58:54 2016 +0100
Committer: Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org>
Committed: Mon May 30 23:58:54 2016 +0100
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Some of the experimental modules are not built automatically, to build
them separately, run the same command from within their folder.
+
+## Building on Windows
+
+If you are building on Windows, ensure you unpack this source code
+to a folder with a [short path name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1880321/why-does-the-260-character-path-length-limit-exist-in-windows)
+lenght, e.g. `C:\src` - as
+Windows has a [limitation on the total path length](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#maxpath)
+which might otherwise
+prevent this code from building successfully.
+
## Skipping tests
To skip the tests (these can be timeconsuming), use: