CVS basic setup & Commands

I. Setup

• CVS repository: The CVS repository of LVG project is located on "/nfsvol/nls/cvs"
• Setup:
  1. Add "/depot/bin" to your path.
     
     Example in Unix:
     Add following line in file ".cshrc"
     set path=($path /depot/bin)
     
     
  2. Set environment variable - CVSROOT
     
     Example in Unix:
     Add following line in file ".cshrc"
     setenv CVSROOT /nfsvol/nls/cvs
     
     
  3. Make the new ".cshrc" effect
     
     Example in Unix:
     > cd
     > source .cshrc

II. Commands

• Add file/directory to CVS repository
  • cvs import xxx
  • cvs add xxx
  
  
• Setup for multiple users
  • cvs watch on xxx
  
  
• Checkout file/directory to local working file system
  • cvs checkout xxx
  
  
• Modify a file
  • cvs editors
  • cvs edit xxx
  • Modify the file (vi or other editors)
  • cvs unedit xxx
  • cvs commit xxx
  
  
• Modify a file
  • cvs editors
  • cvs edit xxx
  • Modify the file (vi or other editors)
  • cvs unedit xxx
  
  
• Other Commands
  • cvs update xxx
  • cvs status xxx