> I'm wondering if it's possible to do a recursive diff operation to show > differences for a whole directory at once. cvs diff will do this for you. Use the command line or WinCvs, since Tortoise does not provide this option for a directory (at least not in the version I use)
> However, I can't find anyway of asking the question "what files from CVS are > missing from my workspace?" apart from doing an update and looking at the > log (which gets them back - hardly what I wanted). I would use cvs -n update <topdir> this will give you the output of cvs update and show you which files would be replaced locally during a "real" update, but it will *not* do it. Having a quick look, I did not find a way to issue this command via the GUI of Tortoise or WinCvs . You may need to use a command line CVS for this (which you have installed if you use Tortoise) However: If you install WinCvs next to Tortoise (which is possible provided that you force them to use the same CVS executable on the client), you will see the "deleted" files in the folder: they will have a special "broken file" icon. WinCVS bases this knowledge on the (local) CVS folder, which still contains infornation on the file you deleted. In my experience, Tortoise is a wonderful and easy to use client on the PC, but in specific cases like these you will need to have Wincvs installed next to it (or use the command line cvs, whichever you prefer.) Paul Gelderblom _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
