Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <20000919183013.23558.qmail@web124.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:30:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Subject: Re: CVS install To: Jeff J Jensen , cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Jeff J Jensen wrote: > Thank you Chuck and Earnie for the replies. It is clearer now. > > There is lots of info easily found on _using_ CVS, but the simple steps to > begin I have not found. Is this missing (an assumption of a certain CVS > expertise level), or have I been blind to it!? Can someone point me to the > CVS setup docs for using the prebuilt binaries in the Cygwin distribution > (or is it just that simple: set CVSROOT, and do init? If yes and missing, > then tell me where/how to add a note and I'll write it up for the next > beginner-like person...I spent too many hours looking for getting started > info!)? > `cvs --help' should be a good start as well is `info --file /usr/info/cvs.info'. > An advice question: > For CVS with Cygwin, where is/are the better places for the CVSROOT > directory? Particularly, I am wondering about c:\cvsroot (will it work?) > or c:\cygwin\cvsroot. > Your preference. If you're using the Cygwin CVS you should use POSIX paths though. I use CVSROOT=/.CVS. Cheers, ===== --- --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw Home: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com