RE: recovering from the attic

[Zieg, Mark]

See the instructions at the end of this section:

http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#What_Happens_When_You_Remove_A_File


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Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 1:19 PM
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Subject: recovering from the attic


Hi All;
    I have run into a problem that some people deleted some files that they 
want back. The files are in the attic so I figure this is easy, they just have 
to add them back in and commit.  Well it didn't quite work out that way.  When 
I run cvs add <filename> I get the message from cvs that it is recovering file 
version and to commit. I commit and I see the file just find. I do a log the 
file and the file version numbers are correct. When I open the file, it is 
blank.  If I do a cvs update -r <previous version that was deleted> <filename>  
I get the file I expect, but when I do a status cvs says the file is up to 
date.  So how do I get a deleted file back from the attic without the file 
being blank.  These are text files by the way. 

TIA

Joseph