From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 00:21:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3FE616A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:21:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 331D143D58 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:21:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 008C311E8B2; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:22:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:22:02 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20050314002202.GB75030@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <031420050008.18340.4234D5E300051A26000047A42205886442C0CCCD9B0E0D030199@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <031420050008.18340.4234D5E300051A26000047A42205886442C0CCCD9B0E0D030199@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: CVSROOT directory? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:21:46 -0000 On Mon, Mar 14, 2005, wombat236@comcast.net wrote: >Hi Guys, >I downloaded the entire CVS repository (cvs tree via ftp) to a local >machine. However, I did not see a CVSROOT directory. This is the >directory that contains all the CVS admin files when you first create a >repository. Do I need to download this directory before I can start using >the repository? Note that I want all the versions and history, that is why >I downloaded the whole tree. The command ``cvs -d path-to-cvsroot init'' will create the intial CVSROOT. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Intellectually, teachers fall between education theorists and bright cocker spaniels. (Probably closer to the education theorists. The AKC has been doing wonders with spaniels.) If you think I'm kidding look at the GREs for education majors, whose scores are the lowest of all fields, and remember that these are the smart ones.'' -- http://www.FredOnEverything.net