Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 15:22:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: current Subject: [Q] cvs diff * Message-ID: <199609082222.PAA29141@freefall.freebsd.org>
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i want to cvs diff an entire directory. "cvs diff *" fails. Aspen:[24] cvs diff * cvs diff: Diffing CVS cvs diff: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory huh? Aspen:[25] ls -Flag CVS/Entries -rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 1540 Aug 26 06:39 CVS/Entries Aspen:[26] id uid=1000(jmb) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff), 0(wheel), 117(dialer) cant even diff a single file! Aspen:[36] cvs diff vm_page.c Aspen:[37] grep vm_page.c,v vm_page.c * $Id: vm_page.c,v 1.62 1996/07/30 03:08:15 dyson Exp $ Aspen:[35] head -1 /home/ncvs/src/sys/vm/vm_page.c,v head 1.63; but if i spec a revision to diff against, it works! Aspen:[39] cvs diff -c -r1.63 vm_page.c | more Index: vm_page.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/vm/vm_page.c,v retrieving revision 1.63 retrieving revision 1.62 diff -c -r1.63 -r1.62 this behavior does not match the man page (as i read it) Aspen:[40] cvs --version Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.8.1 (client/server) how do i get it to work? jmb
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