On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:58:10 -0500 "Alex Flores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I version a .doc file in the repository and then check it out, I can
> not read the file anymore. It displays garbage. If I conver the file into
> a .htm then it works fine. Does anybody know why?
I assume that you mean Microsoft Word documents. If so, these are
binary files, make sure they have been added to CVS with the -kb flag
to mark them as such. CVS will not try to diff them, but will just
commit the entire document. I believe that the reason you are seeing
problems is that CVS is failing to diff the binary MS Word format
correctly.
I believe that there was an extensive thread recently about versioning
MS Word documents with CVS. You may want to check the archives.
I noticed that in your followup message, you mention that you are
sucessfully able to commit and update RTM files. This is because RTM
is a plain text format the CVS con properly difference. If I was going
to check in MS Word dodcuments, I would do it use the RTM file format.
- Rob
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