Re: $Name not working$

[Robert J. Clark]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:04:44 -0500
Howard Chandler <address@hidden> wrote:

> OK,  I read the manual and figured out how to get the revision number 
> inserted into the source file using $Revision$.  What's the trick for 
> getting $Name$ to work.  I'm using winCVS beta 1.3.  The explorer like
> thingie shows a tag for the file.  Is this a known bug or am I missing
> something?

The $Name$ keyword is only expanded when you do a CVS export, or check
out with an explicit tag. $Name$ expands to the name of the tag used to
check out the file. No tag, no expansion.

  <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_12.html#SEC99>

is the definitive manual, but you may also want to check out:

  <http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/>
  <http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#Keyword_Substitution__RCS_Keywords_>

- Rob