Re: Checking out Previous Revision of File Error

[Todd Denniston]

Huber, Robert wrote:
> I need to get an older revision of a particular shell script and issue
> the command "cvs checkout -d ./tmp -r 1.1 xxx.sh" and get the message
> "cvs checkout: cannot find module `xxx.sh' - ignored".
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> Since I'm working on revision 1.3 I'm reasonably certain that revision
> 1.1 exists. What am I doing wrong.
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> Thanks.
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Because the email arrived was sent to a list that redistributes to many folks, 
and it seems to be related to the mailing list, I will attempt to answer 
instead of deleting, i.e., please disclaim the lame legal disclaimer when 
sending to mailing lists, if you can't sell the legal department a clue.

The answer as best I can guess from the info you give is that you need to 
specify the full path to the file [relative to the repository root], i.e., if 
the file is in
$CVSROOT/dir1/dir2/xxx.sh
you would need to:
cvs checkout -d ./tmp -r1.1 dir1/dir2/xxx.sh

Note: according to the manual it should not matter, but over time I have found 
that I get more consistent results when specifying a revision to CVS/RCS if I 
DO NOT put a space between the -r and the revision/tag, don't know why and not 
sure if it is consistent [it may be more of an RCS thing, but I KNOW CVS works 
correctly when I put them together].

also to be sure 1.1 exists issue
cvs rlog dir1/dir2/xxx.sh |less

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter