Cvs Checkout Attic Files

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Cvs checkout attic files. H display usage information about the specified cvs command but do not actually execute the command. I ve moved the files out of the attic folder but when i checkout the folder the cvs gui doesn t show any files under the folder. File is in the attic. Cvs checkout or cvs co to make a local copy of a module s files from the repository execute cvs checkout modulewhere module is an entry in your modules file see below.

If you don t specify a command name cvs h displays a summary of all the commands available q causes the command to be really quiet. Use checkout to create a new sandbox and use update to modify an existing sandbox. A dead state means that file has been. Someone has cvs remove d the files.

The command will only generate output for serious problems. But in case you want to know the rule is that the rcs file is stored in the attic if and only if the head revision on the trunk has state dead. Type d name attic exec ls 1 you can also list the files with the cvs log command. Global options the available cvs options that are given to the left of cvs command are.

To retrieve a tagged file or set of files use the r tagname option to cvs checkout or cvs update. If you have access to the repository you can find all files in the attic with find.