If you’ve attempted to use subclipse with a secure session, you may well have experienced the dreaded error message:

The system cannot find the file specified.
svn: Can't create tunnel: The system cannot find the file specified.

Typically, you experience it when using a url with the following structure:

svn+ssh://myfancy.svnserver.com/repo

Thankfully there is a very simple fix. All you need to do is adjust one of the settings in the “Window->Preferences” menu.

Navigate the tree to “Team->SVN” and you will notice a section called “SVN Interface”. If the client is set to “JavaHL (JNI)” then change it to “SVNKit (Pure Java)”.

Thanks to Mark Phippard for this gem.

1 Comment to “Subclipse With SSH – Top Tip”

1. Steve — August 28, 2009 @ 8:25
   

   Thanks! It was really starting to bug me that my home desktop wouldn’t let me on to my svn repo.

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