Hi Mark, I'd advise to just use the CVSNT.exe file instead. It's dump-in-a-folder installable, and much more windows friendly -- for example, all the repository settings can be specified in the registry instead of environment variables (which are a total pain to modify globally in 98 _and_ 2000). Plus you will never run into the CR-LF line termination issues that people sometimes get with cygwin CVS when they choose the wrong setting.
It also has some little things like using "cvs pass" will bring up asterixes as you type. cheers, matt -----Original Message----- Thank-you. After resetting CVSROOT (CVSROOT=:local:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/Mark/src/master), cvs init returned the following: cvs init: syntax error in /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/Mark/src/master/CVSROOT/config' is missing '=' Subsequent cvs init's from c:/ runs without error - but ONLY in c:/ Performing a cvs init or any other cvs command from any other directory continues to render: GANDALF:/cygdrive/c/ensignInternet> cvs up cvs update: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname (not `c:\cygwin\home\Mark\src\m')ter cvs update: when using local access method. '.s [update aborted]: Bad CVSROOT: `:local:c:\cygwin\home\Mark\src\master I am not sure why the "ter" shows up following the close paren above. And the .s is confusing as well. Mark. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:35 AM To: Mark Scoville Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname problem Mark Scoville writes: > > GANDALF:/cygdrive/c> cvs init > cvs init: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname (not > `c:/cygwin/home/Mark/src/master') > cvs init: when using local access method. > cvs [init aborted]: Bad CVSROOT: `:local:c:/cygwin/home/Mark/src/master'. Try using ":local:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/Mark/src/master" instead. -Larry Jones I don't need to do a better job. I need better P.R. on the job I DO. -- Calvin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs End of Info-cvs Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2132 ***************************************** _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
