[Cvsnt] Binary file questions

Bo Berglund bo.berglund at telia.com
Wed Feb 20 19:41:26 GMT 2002


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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:53:38 +0000 (UTC), "SJG"
<sgeertgens at transgenomic.com> wrote:

>
>  I'm aware of the need to use '-kb' when adding a binary file to CVS...
>Let's say, however, that I'm up to v1.9 of a particular binary file, but
>want to retrieve v1.2. How do I do this correctly? Everytime I do so, the
>file comes out corrupted, because CVS is still adding history info right
>into the binary file (even though I have double checked to ensure that it is
>marked as  a binary file!).
> Is it not possible to retrieve past revisions of a binary file?
>
cvs update -r 1.2 binaryfile.bin



/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
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