Stuart, Mark, Many thanks for your help - I've removed the old fileattr files and things look much better.
Sorry about my signature - nothing I can do about it - please filter everything after "--". Some lists chop off everything after: --LongSig Does that work here? Thanks, David Carter-Hitchin. -- Royal Bank of Scotland Interest Rate Derivatives IT 135 Bishopsgate LONDON EC2M 3TP Tel: +44 (0) 207 085 1088 > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 May 2006 00:59 > To: CARTER-HITCHIN, David, GBM > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: old fileattr files - safe to delete? > > > > We've got a bunch of CVS/fileattr files in our repository > that are ancient. > > I think I'm right in saying that the only way that these > get created are > > when people run 'cvs watch' and 'cvs edit'. The people who > did this have > > long since gone and so have their logins. Is it safe to > just delete the > > fileattr files to get rid of the watches or is there an > official way? > > You're correct that the only way fileattr files are created > in the repository > is through cvs watch and cvs edit. > > CVS removes fileattr and the CVS subdirectory when there are no more > watchers or editors for any of the files in that directory. > > A combination of > $ cvs unedit > $ cvs watch off > $ cvs watch remove > > should get rid of the fileattrs although since you've lost > the old logins this > might not be trivial. It should be entirely safe to remove > the CVS directories > by hand from the repository itself. > > Good luck, > Stuart. > *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our websites at: http://www.rbos.com http://www.rbsmarkets.com *********************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
