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Re: how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:14:38 -0400 (EDT) |
Bram Moolenaar writes [quoting me]:
> >
> > Because checkout is the wrong subcommand. The subcommand you want,
> > surprisingly enough, is update! Just do:
> >
> > cvs update testscript
>
> This indeed works. Thanks for the hint, I wouldn't have guessed this.
The rule of thumb is that you use checkout to get a directory for the
very first time and then use update from then on.
> However, if I change the question to checkout "testdir", which obviously
> is a directory instead of a file, this doesn't seem to work. Perhaps
> you have a solution for that as well? "cvs update testdir" doesn't do
> anything, not even an error message.
That's because update doesn't create directories by default -- you have
to use the -d option.
-Larry Jones
Kicking dust is the only part of this game we really like. -- Calvin
- how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile, Bram Moolenaar, 2002/07/12
- Re: how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile, Larry Jones, 2002/07/12
- Re: how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile, Bram Moolenaar, 2002/07/12
- Re: how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile,
Larry Jones <=
- Re: how to checkout a specific file from a Makefile, Bram Moolenaar, 2002/07/13
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