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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:30:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: CVS install
To: Jeff J Jensen <jeffjensen AT visi DOT com>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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--- Jeff J Jensen <jeffjensen AT visi DOT com> 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,

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