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On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:00, C M wrote:

> I was able to set multiple external definitions using the --file =
option. Worked pretty well, actually considering how challenging =
everything else has been so far!
>=20
> One last question on this topic. I want to pin the external definition =
to a known revision using something this shortened command, but it's not =
working. The "-r 109" being the revision I want to pin to.
>=20
> c:\Temp\800>svn propset svn:externals -r 109 <path info> .
>=20
> svn: E205000: Cannot specify revision for setting versioned property =
'svn:externals'

The revision number to which you want to pin each external needs to be =
listed on the corresponding line of the svn:externals property. Read the =
documentation again; I recommend following the example after the =
paragraph which starts "Or, making use of the peg revision syntax".

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html