Re: CVS History

[Todd Denniston]

Michael Moss wrote, On 11/12/2009 01:28 PM:
> Hi
>
> An really embarrassing question: I have specified my CVS root, and 
> within this CVS root I have a repository, let call it REP. Within REP, I 
> have a file TEST.TXT where I wanna see all revisions of it. 
> Unfortunately, I cant get this work, i tried the following:
>
> cvs history TEST.TXT
> cvs history /REP/TEST.TXT
> cvs history REP/TEST.TXT
>
> Anyone an idea what I am doing wrong? Do i miss a command that tells CVS 
> which repository I am referring to?
>
> Many thanks!

only r* commands can be ran directly against the repository.
cvs --help-commands 2>&1 |grep "        r"|grep -v re

cvs -d CVS_repository rlog REP/TEST.TXT

or in a checked out copy

cd REP
cvs history TEST.TXT
cvs log TEST.TXT

BTW I assume that because you did not indicate you are working in some other environment, that you 
are working in a Unix or Unix like environment.
suggestions:
include $CVS_ROOT
include cvs --version


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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter