RE: Newbie at wits' end: please help!

[Jim.Hyslop]

J Krugman wrote:
> OK, here's the situation:
>   
>   bash% pwd
>   /home/krugman/scratch/d0
>   bash% ls -F
>   bar/ foo/
>   bash% cvs import -m test myproj krugman test
>   cvs import: Importing /cvs/myproj/foo
>   N myproj/foo/hello.c 
>   cvs import: Importing /cvs/myproj/bar
>   N myproj/bar/ciao.c
> 
>   No conflicts created by this import
> 
>   bash% cd ..
>   bash% cvs co -d d0 myproj
>   cvs checkout: Updating d0
>   ? d0/foo
>   ? d0/bar
>   bash%
> 
> What must I do differently during the import stage such that cvs
> recognizes bar and foo in the subsequent checkout step?
Nothing. The problem is in your checkout step - you're trying to check the
files out into a pre-existing directory, which has a directory name that
conflicts with the one CVS is trying to check out.

Try checking it out into a completely empty directory. Remove the '-d'
option, for example, or create an empty directory and cd to that directory
before issuing the checkout command.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)