Re: Newbie first simple question(s)

[Russ Sherk]

On 11/7/05, Schrum, Allan (Allan) <address@hidden> wrote:

Because the CVSROOT directory includes a colon, you must use the :local: prefix so that the software can properly parse the CVSROOT path. See:

http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_2.html#IDX12

winXP wincvs (Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.51d (client/server)) cvsnt testing command w/o :local::
cvs -dd:\tmp\cvsrootTest
<no errors>
dir d:\tmp\cvsrootTest
 Directory of D:\tmp\cvsrootTest

11/07/2005  10:28 AM    <DIR>          .
11/07/2005  10:28 AM    <DIR>          ..
11/07/2005  10:28 AM    <DIR>          CVSROOT

Essentially, the repository directory must before CVS will do anything. Afterwards, the "cvs init" command will create all the files within the repository that it needs to run. This is a "safe" command to run on an existing repository as well.

See:

http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_2.html#IDX63

Yes that is what cvs init is _supposed_ to do....

Regards,

 

-Allan

 Anyhow, We er (?):

Please re-run the command with trace mode on.  This will give a blow-by-blow of what cvs does and hopefully a clue as to what the problem is.

cvs -t -d<path> init

--Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Sherk [mailto:address@hidden]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:05 AM
To: Schrum, Allan (Allan)
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Subject: Re: Newbie first simple question(s)

On 11/7/05, Schrum, Allan (Allan) <address@hidden> wrote:

mkdir c:\cvsroot

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:41 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Newbie first simple question(s)


Dear group,

On my assignment working with a CVS I choose WinCVS. The first simple
task is testing is locally. So I do what the manual
(http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=766&group_id=1 )
tells me to. I went to 'Create new repository' and choose
:local:C:\cvsroot' for my CVSROOT. After choosing OK the error occurs:

cvs -d :local:C:\cvsroot init

 What does cvs -dc:\cvsroot init say?

Unable to initialize the CVS process: Het systeem kan het opgegeven
bestand niet vinden.
The CVS used is : cvs.exe
  (In English: The system can't find the given file.)

Given file? What given file? Anybody?

Marcel D.

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