shivraman giri wrote: > For some goddamn reason, i m not able to send my messages on > the CVS-mailing list. I'm cc-ing the cvs-info list so that others can see your question as well. Anyone responding to this, please ensure Shivraman gets a copy of your reply.
(Shivraman, my apologies for sending two copies - the first one had the wrong email address for the CVS list) > Hope you are in a position to solve this problem. > Also, i m an extreme novice with UNIX and CVS. > > I wish to access my project source files, which are in a unix > server. currently we are using RCS as a version controller. > Now i want to use CVS so taht i can use the ECLIPSE IDE. I > dont want any special features of CVS; the use of CVS is to > be restricted to enable the use of ECLIPSE. > > My source files are in the following directories. > u1/dev/src/utility > u1/dev/src/messages > u1/dev/src/business > > Can i set the "u1/dev/src" directory as a repository and > access teh file within all the subdirectory ? Yes, you should be able to do that quite easily. More details below. > Is it enough if my UNIX server has CVS installed. Can i log > in and create a repository through my login ? Yes. You will have to run: cvs -d /ui/dev/src init *NOTE*: I do not know for sure if it is really is that simple to convert an existing, RCS-controlled directory to CVS. From what I know, it should be, but there may be additional little "gotchas" to consider. I'm hoping that someone else can jump in here and confirm or deny my allegations ;=) In any case, it wouldn't hurt to back up your files before doing anything. > Is there a beginners manual for such things ? The CVS manual is online: https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.17/cvs.html The section on creating repositories is here: https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.17/cvs_2.html#SEC23 > Any other leads into this aspect will be helpful A quick google on "convert rcs to cvs" turned up a few links that may be helpful. -- Jim Hyslop Senior Software Designer Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com) Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts) _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs