branch tip revision

Our setup:
client: Windows - W2K, XP, or Win 2003 server. 
        WinCVS 2.0.3.1 (Build 1)
        cvs.exe is CVSNT 2.0.51d

server: Centos 2.6.11
        CVS 1.12.13

Using pserver connection.

Question:  Is there a way to get the branch tip revision without 
doing a checkout?

We use Apache, with viewcvs.cgi, which will return just the revisions 
on a given branch, so I think there must be a way to get the tip or 
last revision on a given branch.

Using native rcs on the server I can:
rlog <file> | grep <branch>
get first two numeric fields
rlog <file> | grep <first_two_fields>
the last "revision <revision_number>" is the revision on the tip of 
the branch.

Is there a more straightfoward way to get it?

I want to be get "cvs diff" between two branches (processing all 
files in a module), but "cvs diff" requires revision numbers.  Branch 
names will only give the branch point.  Once I have the diff, there 
is further processing to determine lines of code changes.

Thanks for any input.











 
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