I am just installed CVS 1.10 "Halibut" in Windows NT 4.0. I downloaded the binary distribution from cyclic. This is the first time I have used CVS, and am having a problem understanding how to put binary files into CVS. My directories have binary files named *.cat. I have edited the CVSROOT\cvswrappers file to read: *.gif -k 'b' *.exe -k 'b' *.np* -k 'b' *.cat -k 'b' *.zip -k 'b' I edited this file directly, without checking out or committing it using CVS. Now I import a directory that includes a mix of ASCII and binary files. Some of the binary files are being damaged as they are placed in the repository -- the files have at least been truncated and perhaps otherwise altered. When I then check out the files, the are exactly as they are in the repository -- damaged. I was able to "fix" the problem using cvs admin, cvs update, and recomitting the files. However, I thought the purpose of cvswrappers was to change CVS' default behavior so that I didn't have to fix the files afterwards? How should I be handling directories with a mix of binary and text files? Thanks. Guy Scharf
