Re: New to CVS

2003-04-05 Thread Larry Jones
rainman writes: > > 1. Re. CVS, where does a total newbie start ? > URL, groups (for totally new users) other info > would be much appreciated The place to start is . > 2. should one be a programmer to understand CVS ? Not necessarily. > 3. Is there a way to subscribe

RE: New to CVS

2002-10-07 Thread Zieg, Mark
> > "BUT" I was wondering if it can handle excel .xls files? > > and word .doc files the same way it can handle .txt files? > > as I am looking for something that can do what cvs can do > > but i have spreadsheets that about two or three people will > > need to edit and update at a time. At the mi

Re: New to CVS

2002-10-04 Thread Larry Jones
Rob Beach writes: > > As the subject says i'm new to CVS and from what I have read about it, it > sounds really good. "BUT" I was wondering if it can handle excel .xls files > ? and word .doc files the same way it can handle .txt files ? as I am > looking for something that can do what cvs

Re: New to CVS

2002-10-04 Thread Noel Yap
--- Rob Beach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also there are people that need to just look at the > spreadsheets to get data > off them can you set it up so people can view the > files but not edit them ? > is there that sort of security on cvs ? CVS uses the server's file system permissioning. I b

Re: New to CVS

2002-10-04 Thread Mike Ayers
Rob Beach wrote: > As the subject says i'm new to CVS and from what I have read about it, it > sounds really good. "BUT" I was wondering if it can handle excel .xls files > ? and word .doc files the same way it can handle .txt files ? as I am Not exactly the same, but the same. Wh

Re: new to CVS

2002-07-11 Thread Mahantesh
Suresh Sankuratri wrote: > > Hi, > I am new to CVS and am interested to use it via the command line thru > DOS.Can some one give me the following details > 1. Where can i get the installation /Set-up file for CVS > 2. Steps to install > 3. Examples for a few commands like checkIn , checkOut

Re: New to CVS Need help setting up repo

2002-02-06 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > $pwd > /cpas/stacy/cvs/incmar01 > > $cvs -d /cpas/stacy/cvs/incmar01/ init > (This gives me CVSROOT) > $cvs import -m "init" inc stacy start > (Here is where I get problems. The following scrolls on the screen until I > stop it) > > N inc/inc/inc/inc/inc/inc/src/i

Re: New to CVS: multiplatform projects

2001-10-01 Thread Kaz Kylheku
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >I'm new to CVS, and version control in general. I understand the >basic idea of having a repository that preserves the history over time >of a software project. > >My problem is that, for reasons too complex to go into here, I must >

Re: New to CVS

2001-05-17 Thread Larry Jones
Lisa Gifford writes: > > I'm new to CVS. I'm currently reading the manual, but I've yet to run > across an answer to one of my questions. Is CVS layered on top of > RCS? Thanks in advance for answering my question. Yes and no. CVS uses the same file format as RCS does to store the revision

Re: new to cvs

2001-02-08 Thread Larry Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > and i get the following error: > cvs [import aborted]: /usr/local/cvs/CVSROOT: No such file or > directory You need to create your repository by doing ``cvs init''. -Larry Jones ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED