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RE: Checkout after a change
From: |
Jim.Hyslop |
Subject: |
RE: Checkout after a change |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:20:19 -0500 |
address@hidden wrote:
> I'm starting on a new project, and I only have one file in the
> repository now, but I've noticed that CVS does not keep the
> actual file
> on hand, but another type of file that keeps track of edits and
> revisions. But I want to be able to use the actual file, so is it
> possible for me to have a script enter a certain directory
> and do a cvs
> checkout [to get all the actual files from that folder] so that I can
> have a copy that I can actaully test on the server?
Yes. See "Keeping a checked out copy" in the manual:
https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.19/cvs_18.html#SEC175
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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )