Re: Changing CVSROOT in CVS/Root of working directory

[Riechers, Matthew W]

Mike Ayers wrote:
> 
> mmala wrote:
> >
> > Actually, right now our DNS is down so for running
> > client server cvs,I am adding IP address of the
> > clients as entries in the /etc/hosts file of the
> > machine where cvs server is running.

...

> > CVS is always reading old CVSROOT and is
> > giving error 'there is no machine by that name'
> > I changed  CVSROOT in the autoexec file, rebooted that
> > machine and did update with -d but in CVS/Root file,
> > the old CVSROOT remains.How do I change this?The
> > client is win 98 machine and cvs client is command prompt.
> 
>         Simply remove all the CVS/Root files in that sandbox and do a
> `checkout -d` from the top of the tree.  This will create new CVS/Root
> files with the new root.

Alternatively, you could add the IP address of the server to the client
host file(s). In Windows 98, I believe the file is c:\windows\hosts.

-Matt