except for one small issue if you are on a 64 bit OS which will be the subject of my next clip

Pat,
This does, indeed, work for 64 bit oses.

The left column of my bluehost login page shows this:

Architecture: x86_64
Operating system: Linux

So, there you go. Works perfectly on my host with svn+ssh://

Was that with or without the change of libraries for 64 bit? To get mine working I needed to use the method in http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4706BD60-601D-49AF-94EF-178A9554322F/

thanks - this was very helpful