Re: Read only file

[Larry Jones]

dd hh writes:
> 
>                 Is it possible to have a file that can be checkout but
> which cannot be committed or updated? If yes pl let me know how to do
> it. It is required that once this file is checked out changes on the
> particular file can be done on local directory  but this file cannot be
> commited back to the repository.Also on doing cvs update the changes
> made in this file in local directory should not be lost .

Yes and no.  You can have read-only *directories* in the repository by
setting the permissions to allow reading but not writing, but you can't
have both read-only and writable files in a single directory.  Update
never loses local changes unless the user specifically requests it -- by
default, it merges repository changes with the local changes and reports
any resulting conflicts.

-Larry Jones

Well of course the zipper's going to get stuck if everyone
stands around WATCHING me! -- Calvin