Thanks Mark. The file dummy.c is really in the server depository (it is not a real file name, just for example here).
I know "cvs co module" works, it checks out the whole directory. Now, the real question is how do you check out a file for editing? I thought "cvs co dummy.c" changes a read-only file dummy.c to a read-write file in my local directory, so that I can edit the dummy.c in my local directory. If I use "cvs update dummy.c", it won't change the read-only attribute. What is the GNU cvs command to check out a file for editing? Thank you. yh --- Mark Priest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you use the checkout command you are requesting > to check out a module > from the repository and create a working directory. > Unless you actually > have a module called dummy.c, which would be a poor > name for a directory, > then this command should have always failed. > > If you are using update and status then you must > already have a working > directory in which case you probably don't want to > use checkout since it > might cause you to lose changes in your working > directory. > > If you want to use checkout you should be creating a > new working directory. > In general, the module name for a project is the > same as the top-level > directory for that project under the cvs repository > root directory. If you > have access to the repository machine check to see > what the top-level > directory is that contains dummy.c and use that with > the checkout command. > > -Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Y Hu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:59 PM > Subject: Re: checkout > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been using GNU CVS for a while on and off. In > my > > last project, I used the the cvs command such as > "cvs > > co dummy.c" for editing the file. > > > > Now, in my new project, the "cvs co dummy.c" gave > me > > an error "cvs server: cannot find module `dummy.c' > - > > ignored, cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand > > modules" despite that "cvs update dummy.c", "cvs > > status dummy.c" all works. Can anyone help me what > I > > am missing here for cvs co command and how can I > fix > > it? > > > > Thank you. > > > > yh > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Info-cvs mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
