RE: missing something - 2 installs of WINCVS - one works, one does not

> cvs checkout: CVSROOT ( then my CVS root copied from working machine)
> cvs checkout: may only specify a positive, non-zero, integer 
> port (not "cvs") 
> cvs checkout: perhaps you entered a relative pathname?
> cvs (checkout aborted): BAD CVSROOT
> CVS exited normally with code 1
> 
> I copied the CVSROOT exactly from the working machine.
> 

And what is the CVSROOT?  There is nothing secret about it - you can
share it - it doesn't include you passoword or anything...   Your
CVSROOT should look like this:
  :sspi:hostname:/reponame

Or
  :pserver:user@hostname:/reponame

Or

  :sserver:user@hostname:port:/reponame

The repository name should always begin with a '/' (though older
versions of CVSNT did permit g:/blah has a repository name it was never
a good idea and one of the many many reasons for using a repository
alias).

Is there also an environment variable called CVSROOT defined on the
'new' machine?

Regards,


Arthur




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