You probably want to use "cvs import -I*~ ..." instead if .cvsignore.
Michael
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> I'm hoping that someone can suggest what I can do next.
>
> I have CVS 1.10 on a sun unix box. I am using it 'directly' (i.e.
> not client/server). I imported a large and heavily edited project and
> was surprised to see a lot of *~ files end up in the repository. This
> seems to contradict the documentation which implies an inescapable,
> built-in list of files which will be ignored (don't get me wrong ...
> I'm not trying to escape this mechanism ... given the number of
> 'fluff' files emacs can generate, I -want- this mechanism to work!)
>
> I experimented. I put a cvsignore file in the CVSROOT administrator
> files. *~ files could still be imported. I deliberately 'cvs add'ed
> a (fake) <stuff>~ file. The file was added successfully.
>
> On the other hand, putting a .cvsignore file in project directories
> before 'cvs import' -does- suppress the the import of files.
>
> I checked with our computer centre. They assure me that our cvs
> installation is vanilla. So I am at a loss. Am I doing something
> amazingly stupid?
>
> Tony Waite.
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