Lex Spoon wrote:
> 
> Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote:
> > I do this (these are two "cvs" commands, in case they get wrapped):
> >
> > cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.squeak.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/squeak
> > login
> >
> > cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.squeak.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/squeak
> > co -P Unix_2.8
> >
> 
> By the way, once you have done "co" (or "checkout") in a directory once,
> the utility will remember where all the files came from.  So you don't
> have to add the big -d flag whenever you are working in a local CVS
> directory.  Also, you never have to use -z at all--it just saves
> bandwidth.

I would recommend to use
	update -P -d
for updating (later after the first checkout), because -P prunes empty dirs and -d creates new ones.

Since there is currently a rapid development together with some changes of the dir structure I suggest this (and try to not forget these flags myself...).

Greetings,

Stephan

> 
> Putting this together, you can get the most recent version of all files
> by just typing "cvs update" at the top of your local tree.  (Though you
> might want to do a "cvs checkout ." every once in a while in order to
> pick up any new files that have appeared).
> 
> Small tip: there is a nice -q flag on cvs which will make it quieter.
> 
> Another one: the Squeak tree *only* has Unix in it right now, so you can
> just do "." instead of "Unix_2.8".  I'd actually suggest going with "."
> and just downloading the whole tree, up until the point where you know
> you only want a certain subset.
> 
> Finally, it might not have struck some people, but this all works the
> same at a MS-DOS prompt.
> 
> -Lex

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Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
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