Re: Errors when attempting to use WinCVS

"Joe B. Rust" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.gui.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thanks.  You are correct.

Maybe your are typing in the modulename or repository incorrectly?

Bo Berglund wrote:

>No it is not. Example:
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>cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/roundup
>co roundup
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>The -d parameter for the cvs command tells cvs where the server is
>located and how
>to connect to the repository. Then follows the actual command (co) and
>its parameters,
>for example -r if you want a specific tag and then finally the module
>name.
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>if you use -d as a parameter to cvs co it means to override the
>directory into
>which to put the checked out files (default is dir = modulename).
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>Best regards,
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>Bo Berglund
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>Of Joe B. Rust
>Sent: den 17 oktober 2006 15:30
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [cvsgui] Errors when attempting to use WinCVS
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>I thought the correct command would be
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>/cvs co -d [repository] [modulename]/
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>>Hi all,
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>>I've just installed WinCVS but whenever I attempt to use a CVS command 
>>it complains and says that I'm using an invalid cvs option but in 
>>reality I'm not.  I don't know where it is coming from.  The command 
>>I've tried to execute is cvs -d [repository] co [modulename] and 
>>that's it.  Where is the "c" option coming from and how do I get rid 
>>of it.  I've tried reinstalling the program, etc. and am at a loss.
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>>Can anyone help?
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>>Here is the error...
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>>"cvs: invalid option -- c
>>Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]..."
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