Subject: CVS & import scripts
To: None <woods@kuma.web.net>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/04/1995 11:20:55
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 95 23:51:54 -0400 (EDT)
> From: woods@kuma.web.net (Greg A. Woods)

> [ On Wed, August  2, 1995 at 02:40:38 (+0200), Rolf Grossmann wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: CVS & import scripts

> > > So I suppose my questions are:
> > > 1) should the CVS directories really be sent to all sup'ers?
> > 
> > No, they should not. As I'm not using sup I have no idea whether it can
> > be avoided, though.
> 
> I think the only way to avoid them properly would be for the nightly sup
> updates to be done with 'cvs export'.  [ and need to tag...]

Another way might be to do something like this:

cd /usr/src
find . -name CVS -prune -print |
tar -c --files-from - -norecurse -gzip -f /dist/src.tar.gz

(Not tested 8^)
Gordon Ross