Re: Asking CVS if a repository/module/tag exists.

[John Daniel Doucette]

Thanks Larry!

cvs rdiff  works like a charm, and it is much faster too!

At 2001-08-28 Tuesday 09:41 -04004, Larry Jones wrote:
> John Daniel Doucette writes:
> >
> > Given a <repository>, <module>, and <tag> is there a polite way to ask CVS
> > if the combination exists, without actually checking it out, that would
> > work in a make file.
>
> How about:
>
>         cvs -d <repository> rdiff -r <tag> -r <tag> <module>
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> I always send Grandma a thank-you note right away.  ...Ever since she
> sent me that empty box with the sarcastic note saying she was just
> checking to see if the Postal Service was still working. -- Calvin


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