RE: How do you get back a file after it has been "cvs remove"'d?

[Jim.Hyslop]

Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 13:15:56 -0500, Larry Jones wrote:
> >     cvs up -r1.7 -p myfile >myfile
> >     cvs add myfile
> > 
> > or with a merge:
> > 
> >     cvs up -j1.8 -j1.7 myfile
> Neither of these appear to be working for me:
> 
> autoinst-root> cvs log 600-etc-procmailrc |less -sc
> 
> autoinst-root> cvs up -j1.5 -j1.4 600-etc-procmailrc
> cvs update: conflict: 600-etc-procmailrc is modified but no 
> longer in the repository
> C 600-etc-procmailrc

There appears to be a local copy of the file. Delete that copy, then try the
command again and it should work fine.

Actually, you might want to start with a fresh checkout - that way, any left
over cruft from previous attempts to ressurect the file won't confuse the
issue.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )