Re: Prob with cvs

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

WOWWWWW!

did:

mv .xinitrc .xinitrc.BAK
cvs update .xinitrc  # thit worked

Buy I always did cvs co ...

Why did this work?
Do I need to do 'update'  or 'checkout' to pull the file back out?

Anywhooooo, thanks.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2026, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > I think I did it correct ...  "cva log .xinitrc" was huge
> >
> >
> > cd /usr/tmp/DOT-FILES
> >
> > echo $CVSROOT
> > /usr/cvsroot
> >
> > cat CVS/Repository
> > DOT-FILES
>
> So your repo (a.k.a. module) is DOT-FILES, yet you are trying to checkout
> a module called .xinitrc (hence the error cvs checkout:  cannot find
> module '.xinitrc').
>
> As mentioned when you asked previously, to update a file, you need to use
> cvs update. To checkout a repo, you use cvs checkout. The clue's in the
> name...
>
> You are trying to update a single file called .xinitrc within the repo you
> have previously checked out. It is therefore entirely wrong for you to use
> cvs checkout. Use cvs update (or cvs up).
>
> > cat CVS/Root
> > /usr/cvsroot
> >
> > cvs log  .xinitrc
> >
> > RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/DOT-FILES/.xinitrc,v
> [snip]
>
> >>>> What does this mean? Where and what is .xinitrc? What does it have to do
> >>>> with CVS? How did you update its revision number?
> >>>>
> >>>>> cvs co .xinitrc
> >>>>>    cvs checkout:  cannot find module '.xinitrc'
> >>>>
> >>>> The cvs program is a client that speaks to a CVS server. The checkout
> >>>> command (here abbreviated to co) retrieves a whole module stored on that
> >>>> server (e.g. src on anoncvs.netbsd.org) which may contains thousands of
> >>>> subdirectories and files. It is NOT used to deal with individual files.
> >>>>
> >>>> What do the following say in the directory that you are trying to do this?
> >>>>
> >>>> echo $CVSROOT
> >>>> cat CVS/Repository
> >>>> cat CVS/Root
> >>>> cvs log .xinitrc
> >>>>
> >>>>> Why does cvs hate .xinitrc? How do I fix this?
> >>>>
> >>>> cvs co doesn't know anything about .xinitrc as it is not a module on the
> >>>> server you are trying to connect to.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is no different to:
> >>>> % ls .nonexistent
> >>>> ls: .nonexistent: No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>> That doesn't mean ls hates .nonexistent - it just doesn't exist.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Stephen
> >
> >