In document cvs.texinfo: > @node admin options ... > @item -n@var{name}[:[@var{rev}]] ... > this contrasts with @samp{cvs admin -n@var{name}:$} which > associates @var{name} with the revision numbers > extracted from keyword strings in the corresponding > working files. I tried. | % cvs admin -n'FOO:$'" | cvs server: Administrating . | RCS file: /var/tmp/repo/bar/file1,v | cvs [server aborted]: tag `$' must start with a letter | % In my experiment, RCS 5.7 can, but RCS in CVS don't have this feature. This is a documentation bug, or an implementation bug. -- KOIE Hidetaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>