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Date:      Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:33:51 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
Cc:        "Ryugen C. Fisher" <Ryugen@palaver.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: $CVSROOT
Message-ID:  <20000403223351.J85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com>
References:  <20000403162903.D85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031122510.2238-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.co <4.3.1.2.20000403141923.00a85930@mail.palaver.org> <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com>

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Gary Kline wrote:

> 	CVSROOT is the name that the cvs utility uses to store its
> 	main data files and the RCS <file>,v files.  Often, CVS uses
> 	the directory /home/<user>/cvsroot for the user <user>.
> 
> 	CVS and RCS are worth understanding if you are doing serious
> 	project development.  RCS is primarily for the signle user or
> 	a very few users/developers; CVS (which uses RCS) is for more
> 	widely distributed projects.

I use CVS even for my single user stuff, since I find it much more
convenient than RCS last time I looked.  Perhaps I just didn't learn RCS
well enough though.

-- 
Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D


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