Re: The CVSROOT field & WinCVS

[Jean-Marc Molina]

Thanks for your answers,
I forgot to mention that I was using WinCVS, it
first asks for the CVSROOT and the doc only provide
that small help:
> > "
> > It should be something like address@hidden:/cvsroot.
> > Never enter the ":pserver:" or ":kserver:" directly, use the radio
buttons
> > instead.
> > "

So I don't really know what to do. There is no other explanations...
And there is nothing about that in the CVS online doc.

"Philip Lijnzaad" <address@hidden> wrote in message
news:address@hidden
>
> > "
> > It should be something like address@hidden:/cvsroot.
> > Never enter the ":pserver:" or ":kserver:" directly, use the radio
buttons
> > instead.
> > "
>
> > I don't really understand that, do I have to create an environment
variable
> > that contains the path to CVS ?
>
> no, to the repository; it might be on any machine on the Internet.
> I think this kind of path only works for machines that you log in to
(prolly
> a Unix machine).
>
> > What "address@hidden" stands for ?
>
> username 'alexp', loggging in to machine 'cvs.strata3d.com' to gain access
to
> the CVS repository on that machine that is to be found in directory
/cvsroot
> (there might be several repositories on that machine).
>
> I'm sure you can access local disks containing repositories; though I
don't
> know how to do this under M$ os's.  Under Unix, CVSROOT sould contain the
> path to the repository.
>
>
>
Philip
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