Re: Remove a folder with WinCVS?

[Matt Riechers]

Peter Davis wrote:
> 
> Matt Riechers <address@hidden> wrote in
> news:address@hidden:
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> > Subject: Re: Remove a folder with WinCVS?
> > From: Matt Riechers <address@hidden>
> > Newsgroups: gnu.cvs.help
> >
> > Peter Davis wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone know if there's a way to remove a folder with WinCVS?
> >> We've removed all the files in the folder, but when we select the
> >> folder itself, the remove option is grayed out.
> >
> > CVS can't remove directories; it only controls files. To remove empty
> > directories, you need to "prune empty directories" (cvs update -P). In
> > WinCVS you can select this option in the "Globals" tab of the "Update
> > settings" dialog.
> 
> Thanks.  Will this remove the directories from the CVS database next time
> a commit is done?  In other words, if I do this, then do a commit, and
> then do another update, will the directory be re-created by the update?

Sorry if I wasn't clear before. 'cvs update -P' only prunes directories
out of your working copy; not the repository. See the manual for more
details: <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_7.html#SEC66>

-Matt