Hi,
I am trying to debug a script someone else wrote (no longer around to
ask) in which he coded cvs commands I don't really understand. The
full commands are:
cvs -Q co -f -p -r rev -r branch filename1 > filename2 (if rev
is entered as argument)
or
cvs -Q co -f -p -D 'date' -r branch filename1 > filename2 (if
date is entered as argument)
These commands seem to work fine unless you are attempting to get a
revision/date for other than the most current on the branch.
My questions are as follows:
Is there any reason you would want multiple -r and/or -D flags
to cvs co? I experimented a bit and observed that the second
always overrides the first.
Is there any way to update a file using the -D flag if the
file exists solely on a branch (i.e. it has no revisions in
the trunk other than initial 1.1)? I experimented and it seems
that using -D will always update to the trunk revision, which
has generally before earlier than the date entered (cvs
informs me that file is no longer relevant).
I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you.
gwen
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