Re: cvs and older versions of a file

[John McCue <jmclists%jmcunx.com@localhost>]

On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 09:03:11AM +0000, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> I messed up  a .Xresources  .
>
> How do I tell cvs to give me  a previous copy?

It has been a long time since I used cvs,
but you can try:

% cvs log .Xresources

Find the rev you want to diff with then

% cvs diff -rREV .Xresources

That is from an old memory, but cvs is rather
close to rcs(1) which I use a lot and I think
cvs arguments are close to what rcs(1) uses.

HTH