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Ted pottel
Ted pottel

Reputation: 6983

Trying to "install" github, .ssh dir not there

I'm following the step by step directions of github. I'm trying to install it on windows 7.

The documentation states the key will be stored in /users/tedpottel/.ssh/. I turned on hidden files, and still can't see the folder. Then I tried to create a new folder with the same file name, .ssh, I got a invalid file name error. Windows will not let me create a file name begining with a period.

I'm a little confused, wouldn't .ssh be a invalid file name? I'm stuck, any help would be GREAT

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1061

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323125

You should be able to create your ssh directory in a DOS session:

cd c:\Users\tedpottel
mkdir .ssh

Use the git-cmd.bat provided by msysgit to launch your DOS session.
Path like /users/tedpottel/.ssh/ are unix-like paths that you can use in a bash session, also included in msysgit.

In that git-cmd.bat, the environment variable HOME will be set to c:\Users\tedpottel, which is important if you want ssh to works properly (it will look for public/private keys in %HOME%\.ssh).

Upvotes: 1

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