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John J. Xenakis wrote: > I was aware of "cvs ls", but hearing that "cvs co" can check out > individual files is a big surprise to me. I went back to the > documentation (cvs.pdf), and I tried "cvs --help co", and they're > both quite clear that co only checks out modules. The problem here is that the definition of a "module" in CVS is unfortunately a bit hazy. Here's my stab at it: http://people.freenet.de/ogiesen/WinCvsHelp/Glossary.html#Module (don't bother following any outgoing links from that page - it's a work in (halted) progress) > Anyway, prompted by your comments, I experimented with it, and > discovered a bug: > > > cvs co sampleb\common\test.txt > > errors out with the message: > > > cvs [checkout aborted]: no such directory `sampleb\common' > > However, the following do work: > > > cvs co sampleb\common/test.txt > > cvs co sampleb/common/test.txt > > cvs co sampleb\common > > cvs co sampleb/common That is indeed a strange finding. However as of CVSNT 2.5 the recommendation is to either always use forward slashes or escape the backslashes. Single backslashes are actually not supposed to work at all anymore AFAIHU... > > Definitely! I think you should be an experienced user yourself > > before you start doing consultancy work on a product like this. > > Did you ever try it out yourself in serious work??? > > Well, that's a nice philosophy of life, but if I had to be an expert > at something before I could do it, then I'd never be able to do > anything. Well there's still a difference between simply using a tool and teaching others to use it... I have my own experiences with teachers that turned out to be only marginally more advanced than myself in the matter they were teaching and none of them were particularly satisfying experiences. Cheers, -- Oliver ---- ------------------ JID: ogiesen at jabber.org ICQ: 18777742 (http://wwp.icq.com/18777742)