Re: Question on direct (non-file) CVS access

J Z wrote:
> Hi Murray,
> 
> I believe the answer is no, however, I have only
> implemented one application with this package.  As far
> as I know, javacvs will always create a parallel (cvs)
> file structure, because it uses it for many purposes.
> 
> It allows various (different) clients to access the
> same cvs structure primarily... but if all you need to
> do is commit a file you have in memory, you'd have to
> do the additional steps you described... write it to
> the proper place and commit it.
> 
> Hope it helps and I hope I'm wrong for you!

John,

Thanks very much for your reply. I'd been kinda guessing as
much, though I'd seen a few messages about virtual file
systems and such and thought there might be some possibility.
My understand of how CVS works agrees with your analysis. It's
not a huge issue for me, especially in these days of cheap
160GB drives, but it would have been nice to have either an
in-memory or database-driven version control system. But I am
happy with CVS and have used it for years, so there's some
advantage in sticking with what works.

Thanks very much!

Murray

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