Huber, Robert wrote:
I need to get an older revision of a particular shell script and issue
the command "cvs checkout -d ./tmp -r 1.1 xxx.sh" and get the message
"cvs checkout: cannot find module `xxx.sh' - ignored".
Since I'm working on revision 1.3 I'm reasonably certain that revision
1.1 exists. What am I doing wrong.
Thanks.
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The answer as best I can guess from the info you give is that you need to
specify the full path to the file [relative to the repository root], i.e., if
the file is in
$CVSROOT/dir1/dir2/xxx.sh
you would need to:
cvs checkout -d ./tmp -r1.1 dir1/dir2/xxx.sh
Note: according to the manual it should not matter, but over time I have found
that I get more consistent results when specifying a revision to CVS/RCS if I
DO NOT put a space between the -r and the revision/tag, don't know why and not
sure if it is consistent [it may be more of an RCS thing, but I KNOW CVS works
correctly when I put them together].
also to be sure 1.1 exists issue
cvs rlog dir1/dir2/xxx.sh |less
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
