Re: Retrieving deleted file from the Attic

[Larry Jones]

Jason Yeung writes:
> 
> I was wondering if it's possible to recover a file that is in the Attic
> directory? When you remove a file (and committed), the file gets copied to
> the Attic directory. For all purposes, it's removed from the repository.

Hardly -- you can still use most CVS commands on the file, you just have
to give the file name explicitly since there's no local file:

        bash-2.02$ ls foo
        ls: foo: No such file or directory

        bash-2.02$ cvs status foo
        ===================================================================
        File: no file foo               Status: Up-to-date

           Working revision:    No entry for foo
           Repository revision: 1.3     /tmp/cvstest/test/Attic/foo,v

        bash-2.02$ cvs log foo

        RCS file: /tmp/cvstest/test/Attic/foo,v
        Working file: foo
        head: 1.3
        branch:
        locks: strict
        access list:
        symbolic names:
        keyword substitution: kv
        total revisions: 3;     selected revisions: 3
        description:
        ----------------------------
        revision 1.3
        date: 2002/11/14 16:06:49;  author: scjones;  state: dead;  lines: +0 -0
        .
        ----------------------------
        revision 1.2
        date: 2002/11/14 16:06:38;  author: scjones;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -1
        .
        ----------------------------
        revision 1.1
        date: 2002/11/14 16:06:31;  author: scjones;  state: Exp;
        .
        
=============================================================================

As explained in the CVS manual, you can resurrect a removed file by
undoing the change that removed it:

        bash-2.02$ cvs up -j1.3 -j1.2 foo
        U foo

        bash-2.02$ cvs status foo
        ===================================================================
        File: foo               Status: Locally Added

           Working revision:    New file!
           Repository revision: 1.3     /tmp/cvstest/test/Attic/foo,v
           Sticky Tag:          (none)
           Sticky Date:         (none)
           Sticky Options:      (none)

        bash-2.02$ cvs ci -m.
        cvs commit: Examining .
        Checking in foo;
        /tmp/cvstest/test/foo,v  <--  foo
        new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3
        done

        bash-2.02$ cvs status foo
        ===================================================================
        File: foo               Status: Up-to-date

           Working revision:    1.4     Thu Nov 14 16:06:49 2002
           Repository revision: 1.4     /tmp/cvstest/test/foo,v
           Sticky Tag:          (none)
           Sticky Date:         (none)
           Sticky Options:      (none)

-Larry Jones

It's going to be a long year. -- Calvin