[cvsnt] Re: Strict Edits using -kc and -kx

Bo Berglund bo.berglund at telia.com
Thu May 4 23:09:06 BST 2006


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On Thu, 4 May 2006 15:54:46 -0600, "Frank Sullivan"
<fsullivan at sensorysweep.com> wrote:

>Hello. :0)
>
>We have some binary files as part of our project that we would like to be
>able to lock, so that only one person at a time can commit changes to the
>file. I've heard that edit -kc or edit -kx would allow this, however when I
>try this through the command line on WinCVS, it tells me that the options
>are not valid:
>
>edit: invalid option -- k
>Usage: cvs edit [-cflRz] [files...]
>-c: Check that working files are unedited
>-f: Force edit if working files are edited (default)
>-l: Local directory only, not recursive
>-R: Process directories recursively (default)
>-a: Specify what actions for temporary watch, one of
>    edit,unedit,commit,all,none
>-z: Compress base revision copies
>(Specify the --help global option for a list of other help options)
>
>I was wondering if anyone could help me out.
>

What is the output of 'cvs ver' in WinCvs command window?

HTH

/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)



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