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Randy McCharles wrote: > Can anyone recommend a tool to verify RCS integrity of CVS ,v files? > > We have a few "unexpected EOF" errors reported by viewcvs, but the python backtrack doesn't tell us where in the file the problem is. > Since cvs checks out the files no problem, I have to think this is a minor syntax error in the history information somewhere that can be corrected if I know the line #. I hate to lose all the history but deleting/re-adding the files as rev 1.1 > > That said, it would be handy to periodically run an integrity-check of entire repositories from time to time. > If cvs is checking the files out OK then the problem probably lies in viewcvs... viewcvs hasn't accessed the rcs files directly for a while now (doesn't work very well with the updated formats.. that's why cvsnt has rcs functions). I'm sure there is a way of getting a better backtrace but that's more python territory and I'm no expert.. Bo? Tony