Re: RCS on Windows - PowerPoint file

[Aaron S. Hawley]

What happens when try again but you use -kb, in addition to -i on
initial check-in?

Which RCS for Windows did you install?

On Jan 8, 2008 4:08 PM, Sue Schroeder <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed RCS for Windows.  I used to use it on Unix all the time,
> this is my first time on Windows.  I created an RCS folder and then did a
> checkin of a PowerPoint file to do the initial checkin (I tried with the -i,
> and with the -u as well).  When I then did a co -l, (or even just a co), my
> PowerPoint file (about 170K) was overwritten with a 6 byte file and I lost
> my original file.  I tried a couple other ways and the same thing happened.
> It seems to work ok for some text files that I have.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?  It's supposed to work on PowerPoint files,
> correct?
>
> Thanks!!
> Sue



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