On 11/7/05, Schrum, Allan (Allan) <address@hidden> wrote:
Because the CVSROOT directory includes a colon, you
must use the :local: prefix so that the software can properly parse the CVSROOT
path. See:
winXP wincvs (Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.51d (client/server)) cvsnt testing command w/o :local::
cvs -dd:\tmp\cvsrootTest
<no errors>
dir d:\tmp\cvsrootTest
Directory of D:\tmp\cvsrootTest
11/07/2005 10:28 AM <DIR> .
11/07/2005 10:28 AM <DIR> ..
11/07/2005 10:28 AM <DIR> CVSROOT
Essentially, the repository directory must before CVS
will do anything. Afterwards, the "cvs init" command will create all the files
within the repository that it needs to run. This is a "safe" command to run on
an existing repository as well.
See:
Yes that is what cvs init is _supposed_ to do....
Regards,
-Allan
Anyhow, We er (?):
Please re-run the command with trace mode on. This will give a
blow-by-blow of what cvs does and hopefully a clue as to what the
problem is.
cvs -t -d<path> init
--Russ