CVS Command

Checking Out Files from CVS

Checking Out Files from CVS

To checkout a project / module:

cvs co <project / module name>

In the following example, I will checkout ProjectX:

% cvs co ProjectX  cvs checkout: Updating ProjectX  
U ProjectX/File1.java  
U ProjectX/File2.java  
U ProjectX/File3.java  
cvs checkout: Updating ProjectX/new_stuff  
U ProjectX/new_stuff/a.txt  
U ProjectX/new_stuff/b.txt  
U ProjectX/new_stuff/c.txt

You can also checkout individual files without including their directory structure. For example, I want to checkout the files a.txt, b.txt, and c.txt but without any of the directory structure. I want the files checked out to the current directory I am in:

% cvs co -d . ProjectX/new_stuff  
cvs checkout: Updating .  
U a.txt  
U b.txt  
U c.txt

Or I can include a directory name to checkout to. For example, I want to checkout the same files into a directory named working:

% cvs co -d working ProjectX/new_stuff  
cvs checkout: Updating working  
U working/a.txt  
U working/b.txt  
U working/c.txt

posted by Anonymous @ 4:01 AM