RE: Safely changing the repository - How to do it?

[Jim.Hyslop]

Eduardo Mendes wrote:
> I had moved the repository to a different place.  When trying 
> to cvs ci, cvs 
> sent an error message about CVSROOT.  To eliminate this error 
> message I have 
> modified ROOT to contain the proper rep place.  Unfortunately 
> cvs is still 
> not happy.   Is there anything else that I have to do to get 
> cvs to work 
> again?
Please define "not happy." What error messages are you getting?

You should be able to use the -d option to specify a new location, e.g.:

cvs -d :access_method:[access-method-specific-stuff]/new/path/to/repository
ci the_file

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )