Running svnserve as a windows service: long filename problem

I was following this blog post to run subversion on my laptop. It basically suggest running this command to register svnserve as windows service:

C:\>sc create svn_repos binpath= "C:\DevSupport\Subversion\bin\svnserve.exe --service --root D:\Repository" displayname= "Subversion Repository" depend= Tcpip

The issue is, how does one put in long directory name like ‘Program Files’ or ‘Subversion Repository’?

I have found a work around, which is to use environment variables:

sc create svn_repos binpath= "%ProgramFiles%\Subversion\bin\svnserve.exe --service --root %SubversionRepository" displayname= "Subversion Repository" depend= Tcpip

some extra explanation for the command parameters

sc : service controller
create : create new service
svn_repos : id
binpath : svnserve
displayname : display name
depend : dependency

Creating the environment variables

From here on all you have to do is to create an environment variable pointing to the correct path. In windows vista, that’s:

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Advanced > Environment Variables