On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Nigel Reed wrote:

> >
> > Hope this helps,
>
> Nope
>
> # cvs -n update -I ! CVS|grep '^?'
> cvs update: warning: directory CVS specified in argument
> cvs update: but CVS uses CVS for its own purposes; skipping CVS directory
> cvs server: warning: directory CVS specified in argument
> cvs server: but CVS uses CVS for its own purposes; skipping CVS directory
>
> Did I miss something obvious?

Yep, you need a second -I:
> cvs -n update -I ! -I CVS