You have to be able to access the CVSROOT even for an add. The server will check to see if the file was previously deleted and if so retrieve it from the attic. Also, if the file were in a new directory the directory would be added to the repository. In general you should expect most cvs commands to cause the client to communicate with the server.
I am not sure why you included the bit about cvs init. You are obviously checking out files from somewhere other than your local machine. You don't need to create a repository on your machine to use the client. You could have just done the checkout without doing that. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:01 PM To: info-cvs@gnu.org Subject: Sorry about this newby question Hello, I apologize in advance for what is no doubt a foolish question, but I'd greatly appreciate it if a kind soul could set me straight. I've just checked out a CVS archive (I have Fedora Core 1 running on a laptop, if that matters). export CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvs mkdir $CVSROOT cd $CVSROOT cvs init cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED] login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED] co modulename (I pasted in the instructions that were on the site, so I'm pretty sure I did it right.) Now I want to add a file to the local repository (by that I mean the sandbox). But I am on a laptop, not connected to the Internet. cd modulename cp /home/jim/newfilename . cvs add newfilename and the system objects "unknown host ..." (it names the host from which I checked out the material). Of course, I can see why it would give me such an objection on a commit or an update, but should I be getting it on an add or a status? It isn't the case that I have to be connected, is it? Sorry; I'm just not seeing something. Thanks, Jim Hefferon _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
