Re: Urgent help needed: recover lots of files from Attic

[Fabian Cenedese]

>I've accidentally removed a whole source tree, which contains > 500 source 
>code files (plain text only, no binary).
>
>I searched the web, and found ways to recover files from Attic one by one, 
>namely:
>- use "cvs admin -o 1.x (deleted file)", or
>- use "cvs update -j 1.x -j 1.y (deleted file)"
>both methods I can successfully recover one file.
>
>However, the problem is I have > 500 files, and they are separated into about 
>> 200 folders.
>Is there a batch way that I can recover all files in one go?

If the files are still in the repository, why don't you checkout/update to
a time (-D) just before the removing? Like that you should get back all
missing files. Add and commit them (or something like that).

bye  Fabi