Thanks but I don't think this is the right answer. I tried as you suggest but alll the local filesystem method seems to do is do a straight file copy of the files. In my case the RCS files in my CVS repository have been copied without being 'processed' by CVS. I can see in my continuum webpage that the 'working copy' contains a set of RCS files. Maven can't make any sense of the RCS files and so doesn't get anywhere.
What I'm trying to do is use cvs in 'local' mode, which has a slightly different url format.. http://maven.apache.org/scm/cvs.html I believe what I was trying is the correct format. I need to use the pipe delimiter syntax to get around the colon in the drive letter ( s: ) I wasn't aware of this 'local filesystem' method though so I'll have to watch out for it :-) I guess my original mail still stands though - any ideas? Cheers, A. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/cvs-local-checkot-problem-t1826113.html#a4983598 Sent from the Continuum - Users forum at Nabble.com.