Try
/usr/local/bin/cvs -d :pserver:veronica@boxA:/usr/local/repos_on_A co
myproj
If you don't want to keep typing the -d stuff, set the CVSROOT
environment variable, e.g.,
export CVSROOT=:pserver:veronica@boxA:/usr/local/repos_on_A
Dan Katz
Veronica Lee wrote:
>
> Then how does CVS know which box's repository I am trying to access?
>
> I have CVS istalled on box A and B.
> I would telnet into Box B.
> Login to CVS Server on Box A: /usr/local/bin/cvs -d
> :pserver:veronica@boxA:/usr/local/repos_on_A login
>
> To this point it has been successful.
>
> However, if I try to check out a module, I ran into problems.
>
> /usr/local/bin/cvs -d co /usr/local/repos_on_A/myproj (failed)
> /usr/local/bin/cvs -d co repos_on_A/myproj (failed)
>
> It appears that instead of looking for /usr/local/repos_on_A/myproj on
> Box A, it looked for the repository on box B. When it cannot find it,
> CVS gave me errors.
>
> --- Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Veronica Lee writes:
> > >
> > > Do we need to install CVS Server on box B as well to use it as a
> > > client?
> > > Or is there any other tool we need as a CVS client in UNIX.
> >
> > You need *some* kind of CVS client -- the way it's typically built,
> > the
> > Unix version of CVS is a client, a server, and a stand-alone CVS all
> > in
> > one, so you can use it as a client without installing it as a server.
> >
> > There are also a number of GUI clients you can use -- see
> > www.cvshome.org for details.
> >
> > -Larry Jones
> >
> > Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious
> > that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an
> > occasional bleak truth? -- Calvin
>
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